Instrumentation I. 4

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
101INI4 ZK 3 2T Czech summer

Subject guarantor

Slavomír HOŘÍNKA

Name of lecturer(s)

Slavomír HOŘÍNKA

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Managing large orchestrations.

Resolving special instrumentation issues in contemporary music

Refined sound imagination.

Mode of study

Lecture and exercises - 2 hours/week.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Knowledge of the technical and sound potential of instruments.

Basic instrumenting skills.

Course contents

a) instrumentation of more complicated works for larger groups (symphony orchestra)

b) supplementing detailed knowledge of instrument and color combination potential

c) score analysis from an instrumentation perspective.

Recommended or required reading

Adler, Samuel. The Study of Orchestration. New York: Norton, 1989.

Del Mar, Norman. Anatomy of the Orchestra. London: Faber and Faber, 2009.

Gieseler, Walter – Lombardi, Luca – Weyer, Rolf-Dieter. Instrumentation in der Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts. Celle: Moeck, 1985.

Ivan Kurz a kol. Orchestrace jako otevřený proces I.-III. AMU, Praha: Triga, 2009.

Rasmussen, Karl Aage - Laursen, Lasse. The Idiomatic Orchestra [online]. 2015. [cit. 2017-10-28]. Dostupné z: http://theidiomaticorchestra.net.

Rychlík, Jan a kolektiv: Moderní instrumentace. Panton, Praha 1968.

Špelda, Antonín. Akustické základy orchestrace. Praha: Panton, 1967.

Scores of analysed works.

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam on the presented score and oral verification of knowledge.

Course web page

http://katedraskladby.hamu.cz/

Note

none

Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2018/2019:

06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
room 2020
Učebna
(Lichenštejnský palác)
HOŘÍNKA S.
13:40–15:10
(parallel1)
Wed
Thu
Fri
Date Day Time Tutor Location Notes No. of paralel
Tue 13:40–15:10 Slavomír HOŘÍNKA Učebna
Lichenštejnský palác 		parallel1

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