Compositions Study 8

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Subject guarantor:

Iva OPLIŠTILOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Iva OPLIŠTILOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The instruction focus lies in comparative study and analysis of compositions within one period as well as crosswise through the history.

Mode of study:

Lecture, score listenings, discussion.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Presumed knowledge of classical as well as most significant modern compositional procedures. Applicaiton of the knowledge obtained in the parallel subject Theory of Composition 8.

Students in the Master program of interpretation can choose this course as facultative.

Course contents:

A description of the instruction material originates in the course assignments of individual students. Each student is obligated, during the semester, to at least once present a paper and participate in discussions about the papers of other students. At the end of the year each student submits a course paper documenting in written form the results of their analysis.

Recommended or required reading:

de Leeuw, Ton. Music of the twentieth century: a study of its elements and structure. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press , 2005.

DeLio, Thomas, Saunders Smith, Stuart. Twentieth-Century Music Scores. Englewood Cliffs,

NY: Prentice Hall, 1989.

Engaging music : essays in music analysis. Ed. Stein, D. Oxford University Press, 2005.

Janeček, Karel. Tektonika. Praha : Supraphon, 1968.

Kofroň, Petr: Třináct analýz - HaH Jinočany, 1993.

Kohoutek, Ctirad. Novodobé skladebné směry v hudbě. Praha : SHV, 1965.

Kostka, Stefan. Materials and techniques of twentieth-century music. New Jersey : Prentice Hall, c2006.

Lester, Joel. Analytic approaches to twentieth-century music. New York: W.W. Norton, 1989.

London, J. Hearing in Time : Psychological Aspects of Musical Meter. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Loudová, Ivana. Moderní notace a její interpretace, Praha : Nakladatelství AMU, 1998.

Nové cesty hudby I. Praha : SHV, 1964.

Nové cesty hudby II. Praha-Bratislava : Supraphon, 1970.

Orchestrace jako proces (kolektiv autorů – katedra skladby HAMU)

Parsch, Arnošt, Piňos, Alois, Šťastný, Jaroslav: Náhoda, princip, systém, řád. Brno: JAMU, 2005.

Risinger, Karel. Hierarchie hudebních celků v novodobé evropské hudbě. Praha : Panton, 1969.

Simms, Bryan R. Music of the twentieth century : an anthology. Vydáno: New Jersey : Schirmer , 1986

-------------------- Music of the twentieth century : style and structure. New Jersey : Schirmer , 1996

Tichý, Vladimír. Úvod do studia hudební kinetiky. Praha : HAMU, 1994.

Scores and recordings of the studied compositions.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded based on participation in class, development and presentation of a semester paper which is presented in class.

Overall grading is comprised of 60% for class participation and 40% for the paper presentation.

Course web page:

Note:

None.

Schedule for winter semester 2016/2017:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2016/2017:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Composition (Mg) - Specialization electroacoustic music ()
• Composition (Mg) - Specialization Composition ()
• Music Theory (Mg) ()