Ethnomusicology 1
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
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| 186ETM1 | Z | 1 | 2T | Czech | summer |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Vlastislav MATOUŠEK, Tomáš REINDL
Learning outcomes of the course unit
The course aim is to guide the student in the field of „so-called“ ethnic music and develop skills in independent bearing in the music of „other“ cultures.
Mode of study
Analyses of audio and video examples, text analyses, disussions.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Credit conditions: Paper over a selected topic in the history and methodology of the study.
Course contents
The lectures provide an overview and basic orientation in music outside of European artificial music. This course covers the music of natural nations, music outside of European high culture and the folklore of European nations. The instruction is focused primarily on listening to music of various world cultures with an accent on an analytical approach and cultivation of skills in understanding music thought principles outside of the European music paradigm. Part of the instruction are probes into the history and methodology of the study.
Recommended or required reading
Hood, Mantle (1971). The Ethnomusicologist. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Jurková, Zuzana a kol.: Kapitoly o mimoevropské hudbě, VUP, 2. vyd., Olomouc 2001.
Kunst, Jaap (1950, 1975). Musicologica: a Study of Ethnomusicology, its Problems, Methods, and Representative Personalities, Amsterdam. Repr. Ethnomusicology, Amsterdam.
Merriam, Alan P. (1964). The Anthropology of Music. Evanston: Northwestern University Press.
Myers, Helen, ed. (1992). Ethnomusicology: An Introduction. New York: W.W. Norton
Myers, Helen, ed. (1993). Ethnomusicology: Historical and Regional Studies. New York: W.W. Norton.
Nettl, Bruno (1964). Theory and Method in Ethnomusicology. London: Free Press of Glencoe.
Nettl, Bruno (1983). The Study of Ethnomusicology: Twenty-nine Issues and Concepts. Chicago: University of Illinois Press.
Shelemay, Kay Kaufman (1990). Garland Library of Readings in Ethnomusicology. New York: Garland.
Assessment methods and criteria
Conditions for successful completion of the course: paper with an analysis of a selected music manifestation.
Note
None
Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
Schedule for summer semester 2018/2019:
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| Date | Day | Time | Tutor | Location | Notes | No. of paralel |
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| Thu | 13:40–15:10 | Vlastislav MATOUŠEK Tomáš REINDL |
Učebna 2026 Lichenštejnský palác |
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The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Composition-Specialization electroacoustic music (Mg) (required optional subject)
- Composition-Specialization Film Music (Mg) (required optional subject)
- Composition (Bc) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
- Composition-Specialization Composition (Mg) (required optional subject)
- Sound Design (Mg) (optional subject)
- Music Theory (Bc) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)