Introduction to Music Theory for Non-Verbal Theater 2

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Subject guarantor:

Vlastislav MATOUŠEK

Name of lecturer(s):

Vlastislav MATOUŠEK

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The study aim is to acquire a comprehensive and continual overview of individual eras in the history of music, a knowledge of biographies and works of composers and an idea of the formal form hidden under many musical composition terms

Mode of study:

Presentation, commented listenings

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

No requirements.

Course contents:

Students are introduced to the development of music in the 20th century.

1) Impressionism

2) Expressionism

3) Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich

4) The Paris 6

5) Janáček, Bartók

6) Post-war avant garde

7) Experimental music in the USA

Recommended or required reading:

Gerald Abraham: Stručné dejiny hudby, Hudobné centrum Bratislava 2003

Václav Holzknecht: Kniha o hudbě, Orbis Praha 1964

Naďa Hrčková : Dějiny hudby VI, Ikar Praha 2006

Miloš Navrátil: Dějiny hudby, Votobia Praha 2003

Michels Ulrich: Encyklopedický atlas hudby, NLN 2000

Bohuslav Vítek: Přehled dějin hudby (Faktografický souhrn), 1994

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded based on attendance, completion of the course paper and successfull completion of the oral exam.

Course web page:

Note:

None

Schedule for winter semester 2017/2018:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2017/2018:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Non-Verbal Theatre (Bc) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)