Theory of Composition 1
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
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| 186TS1 | Z | 2 | 2T | Czech | winter |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Learning outcomes of the course unit
The course aim is to reinforce the bearing of the students in the melodic elements of European music culture and expand theory knowledge regarding melodic structure of various music styles and genres.
Mode of study
Most frequent analyses of master scores. Exercises in one's own creative attempts.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Regular (minimum 75%) participation in instruction and active participation in discussions. Development and presentation of a melody structural analysis paper. Study of assigned literature.
Course contents
Lecture and class are focused on basic issues of melody from the viewpoint of composition, conducting, music theory and music direction students' knowledge requirements. Particular attention is paid to the relationship of the so called paradigmatic and syntagmatic in the melodic form and organization system relationship to tone height.
Recommended or required reading
Miloslav Ištvan: Jednohlas v soudobé hudbě (Brno 1989)
Karel Janeček: Melodika (Praha 1956)
Ctirad Kohoutek: Hudební kompozice, s. 100-431 (Praha 1989)
Slovník české hudební kultury, hesla: struktura, s. 873-876, melodie, melodika, s. 544-545 (Praha 1997)
Miloš Štědroň: Základy polymelodiky (12 analýz)(Brno, Masarykova univerzita, 1993)
Příslušná hesla ve slovnících The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (London 2001), Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (Kassel 1995), Slovník české hudební kultury (Praha, Supraphon 1997)
Assessment methods and criteria
Attendance at lectures, completion of assignments given by the instructor.
Note
none
Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:
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| Date | Day | Time | Tutor | Location | Notes | No. of paralel |
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| Tue | 10:20–11:50 | Jiří BEZDĚK | Učebna 2017 Lichenštejnský palác |
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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
- Composition (Bc) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
- Conducting (Bc) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
- Operatic Directing (Bc) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
- Music Directing (Bc) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
- Music Theory (Bc) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)