Musical Score Analysis for Dance Professions 1

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Subject guarantor

Iva OPLIŠTILOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s)

Iva OPLIŠTILOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Development of abilities and skills necessary for a basic bearing in the structure of a music piece.

1. Selected pieces from the Baroque
2. Selected pieces from the Classical music.

Mode of study

analysis of selected compositions

Prerequisites and co-requisites

1. Knowledge of basic music theory
2. Good bearing in the development of European music.

Course contents

Introduction to the development of European music fro mthe 18th to 20th century, the main figures and their representative works. Expansion of music theory knowledge in composition form and structure.

1. Summary of music theory knowledge at the intermediate level (harmony, counterpoint, music forms, music instruments) with special regard to their mutual penetration and overlap.
2. Music analysis issues in specific works.

Recommended or required reading

LaRue, Jan. Guidelines for style analysis : expanded second edition with models for style analysis.

Michigan : Harmonie Park Press, 2011.

Snyder, B. Music and Memory: An Introduction. Cambridge : MIT Press, 2000.

Taruskin, R.: The Oxford history of western music. Vol. 1-5. Oxford : University Press , 2005.

Scores and recordings of the studied pieces.

Assessment methods and criteria

Conditions for successfull completion of the course: active participation in class and one independent analyses in class.

Note

none

Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:

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Schedule for summer semester 2018/2019:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans

• Choreography (Bc) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Dance Theory (Bc) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)