Seminar of Music 3
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 204HUS3 | Z | 1 | 2T | Czech | winter |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Learning outcomes of the course unit
- Acquainting the students with the basic stages and changes in music styles.
- Mastering a historical perception of the history of music in relation to societal changes and political events of particular eras.
- Auditor recognition of individual layers of changes based on listening to music samples.
- Acquiring abilities to properly select stage music from a historic perspective of the rise of theatre plays, or periods containing dramatic events.
- Building experience in the listening of music from a directing or dramaturgy perspective.
Mode of study
Reading of recommended industry literature. Analysis of music examples from a historical and form perspective (structure of the sonata form, fugues). Development of listening skills. Study of aesthetics and historical styles. Comparison of historical events in the development of music and other arts.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
- General knowledge of Czech and world music pieces.
- General knowledge of basic theatre and music studies.
- Music analysis through listening and seeing a score.
- Creativity and listening skills required for working with music.
Course contents
Lukáš Jiřička
This course focuses on key figures in musical theatre of the 20th and 21st centuries (E.F. Burian, Arseny Avraamov, Luigi Russolo, Arnold Schoenberg, John Cage, Claude Vivier, Georges Aperghis, Olga Neuwirth, Heiner Goebbels, Helmut Oehring, Dieter Schnebel, Christoph Marthaler, Mauricio Kagel, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and others), but also on a reviews linking musical theatre with other fields of audio-visual kulture - sound installations, Radio Artem, object theatre
Recommended or required reading
Assessment methods and criteria
Credit is awarded based on:
- participation and regular attendance at lectures and classes,
- completion of the semester paper / lecture.
Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
Schedule for summer semester 2018/2019:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Directing and Dramaturgy for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (required subject)