Course: History of European Music until 1600

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Course title History of European Music until 1600
Course code KMU/DSHK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
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.
Course content
1. Periodisation of the history of Early music. Music in Antiquity. Musical-theoretical system of ancient Greek music, aesthetics, theoretical files, notations, the oldest relics. 2. Music in the Middle Ages. Christian monophonic liturgical singing. Non-European sources of psalms and hymns, antiphonal and responsorial way of interpretation. A characteristic of main genres of Gregorian chant, psalm and non-psalm singing. Mass and non-mass liturgies, the course of the liturgical year. 3. Types of European liturgy before the reform. Gregorian chant and its development phases. 4. Secular monophony, French court lyric and epic, its parallels in other countries, types of Medieval songs. Secular instrumental music, contemporary instruments. 5. Polyphony and its development phases. The Notre-Dame school, the significance of Léonin and Perotinus. Main polyphonic techniques and forms. 6. Ars antiqua main representatives, basic music forms, the Franconian and Petronian Motet, music theories. 7. French ars nova, main representatives and their achievements. Main forms of spiritual and secular forms. Music of the Trecento, representatives and forms. 8. Music theories, fundamental documents, figures, theory of counterpoint. 9. Music in the Renaissance period. 1st and 2nd generation of the authors of Dutch polyphony. Main forms of spiritual and secular music. 10. Younger generations of Dutch polyphony. A characteristic of musical language, the birth of the harmony. 11. Middle Age music in Czech Lands. Main sources, sociologic and cultural contexts. 12. Renaissance music in Czech Lands. Main sources, sociologic and cultural contexts.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
  • Attendace - 9 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 20 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 60 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 40 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 21 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course introduces students into the special topics of earlier periods of european music history. Important informations connected to the historical, theoretical, style, functional and aesthetics contexts of monodial and polyphonic music of the ancient times, the Middle ages and the Renaissance are provided.
Acquired knowledge: - knowledge of a historical context and basic stylistic and style characteristics of individual phases of older phases of history of music - the student orientates themselves in characteristic music genres, and has a knowledge of their character Acquired skills: The student is able to orientate themselves in a noted as well as recorded music repertoire from the oldest periods to 1600. The student is prepared for an evaluation and creation of dramaturgy in musical professional institutions. The student is able to work with specialised literature, and look up relevant information about the history of music until 1600. Acquired qualifications: The student is able to apply their knowledge in other scientific research or in education practice. The student is able to apply acquired knowledge in the practical sphere of music life, including music popularisation and criticism.
Prerequisites
PDEH1, PDEH2

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Seminar Work

VIČAROVÁ, Eva (2013) Dějiny starší hudby. Olomouc: VUP.
Recommended literature
  • Apel, Willi:. (1986). Medieval Music. Stuttgart.
  • Ćerný Jaromír a kol. (2005). Historická antologie hudby v českých zemích do cca 1530. Praha.
  • Černý, J., Kouba, J., Lébl, V., Ludvová, J., Pilková, Z., Sehnal, J., & Vít, P. (1989). Hudba v českých dějinách: od středověku do nové doby. Praha: Supraphon.
  • Černý, Miroslav K. (2006). Hudba antických kultur. Olomouc.
  • Dykast, Roman. (1998). Hudba věku melancholie. Praha.
  • Eggebrecht, Hans Heinrich:. (1991). Musik im Abendland.. München.
  • Finscher, Ludwig. (1989). Die Musik des 15. und 16. Jahrhundert.
  • Gülke Peter. (1975). Mönche, Bürger. Minnesänger. Lipsko.
  • Hrčková, N. (2005). Dějiny hudby I. Středověk . Praha.
  • Hrčková, N. (2005). Dějiny hudby II. Renesance. Praha.
  • Kouba, J. (1988). ABC hudebních slohů: od raného středověku k W.A. Mozartovi. Praha: Supraphon.
  • Kühn Clemens. (1998). Kompositionsgeschichte in kommentierten Beispielen. Kassel.
  • Müller Hartmut - Stephan Rudolph. (1991). Die Musik des Mitelalter.
  • Palisca, C.V. Norton Anthology of Western Music. London, New York 1996. 2 sv..
  • Sehnal, Jiří - Vysloužil, Jiří:. (2001). Dějiny hudby na Moravě. Brno.
  • Schering Arnold. (1931). Geschichte der Muik in Beispielen. Lipsko.
  • Taruskin Richard. (2005). The Oxford History of Western Music. Oxford.


Study plans that include the course
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