Course: 17th- and 18th-Century Music 1

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Course title 17th- and 18th-Century Music 1
Course code KMU/D17-1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Spáčilová Jana, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Lyko Petr, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Origins of Music of the Baroque, Definition against Music of the Late Renaissance, Development of a New Style. 2) Early Phase of Music of the Baroque in Italy (Florence, Rome, etc.). 3) Claudio Monteverdi and His Legacy, Venice and Naples Opera, Definition against the Roman School. 4) Opera and Ballet in France. 5) French Instrumental Music. 6) Top Forms of Instrumental Music of the Baroque. 7) Spiritual Work in Italy and France. 8) Specifics of English Music of the Baroque. 9) The Development in German Speaking Countries in the 17th Century, Specifics of German Music Culture and Its Blending with the Concertante Principle. 10) Synthesis of the Peak of the Baroque G. F. Handel, J. S. Bach, J. D. Zelenka. 11) Music of the Baroque in Czech Lands. 12) Issues of So-called Gallant Style and Stylistic Changes around the Half of the 18th Century.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 14 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 10 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The mission of the lecture is to introduce to students the stylistic and developmental trends in European music in the 17th and 18 century. The starting point is the religious and ethnic division of Europe and its impact on the emergence of new stylish and different initiatives taken in the different parts of Europe.
Acquired knowledge: The student knows basic theoretical, aesthetic, stylistic, historical, and functional issues of the history of European music of the 17th and the first half of the 18th century.
Prerequisites
Overview of the Music History.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Seminar Work

Recommended literature
  • Bohadlo Stanislav. (1988). Materiály k dějinám hudby, sociologie, estetiky III. Období baroka. Hradec Králové.
  • Braun, Werner. (1981). Die Musik des 17. Jahrhunderts. Athenaion Verlag.
  • Dahlhaus Carl. (1994). Die Musik des 18. Jahrhunderts. Laabler Verlag.
  • Eggebrecht H. H. (1991). Musik im Abendland. Mnichov.
  • Kačic Ladislav. (2009). Dějiny hudby III. Baroko. Bratislava.
  • Kouba Jan. (1988). ABC hudebních slohů. Praha.
  • Manfred F. Bukofzer:. Music in the Baroque Era. New York 1947. Kniha je dostupná také ve slovenském (Bratislava 1987) a německém překladu..
  • Michels Ulrich. (2000). Encyklopedický atlas hudby. Praha.
  • Smolka Jaroslav. (2001). Dějiny hudby. Brno.
  • Štědroň Miloš. (1985). Monteverdi: génius opery. Praha.
  • Taruskin Richard. (2000). The Oxford History of Western Music, Vol. 2, The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Oxford.
  • Trojan Jan. (2001). Dějiny opery. Praha Litomyšl.


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