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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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definition of "modern popular music", theory of modern popular music cultural history of modern popular music Tin Pan Alley pop blues New Orleans jazz, Chicago jazz, dixieland swing, symphonic jazz be bop cool jazz, progressive jazz free jazz, avant jazz jazz rock
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
- Homework for Teaching
- 25 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 25 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 26 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to introduce students to the history of modern popular music (or jazz-influenced popular music) especially of the first half of the 20th century.
The student will be competent to reflect the history of music in its entirety, he/she will be able to discuss the changes in the aesthetics of music in the twentieth century, hence to discuss the transformations of the society of the historical phase in question.
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Prerequisites
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A general overview of the history of music, as well as basic knowledge of the cultural history of the twentieth century is expected.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Essay, Student performance, Seminar Work, Written exam
regular attendance continuous study of recommended literature and listening to recommended music examples
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Recommended literature
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Bennett, Andy ? Shank, Barry ? Toynbee, Jason (eds). (2006). The Popular Music Studies Reader.
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BERENDT, Joachim Ernst. (2009). The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to the 21st Century. Lawrence Hill.
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BLÜML, Jan. (2017). Progresivní rock: světová a československá scéna ve vybraných reflexích. Praha.
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COVACH, John. What's That Sound?: An Introduction to Rock and Its History . W. W. Norton & Company.
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Fordham, John. Jazz. Praha 1996, Slovart.
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GRIDLEY, Mark. (1997). Jazz styles : history and analysis. Englewood Cliffs.
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Lébl, V., & Poledňák, I. (1988). Hudební věda: historie a teorie oboru, jeho světový a český vývoj. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství.
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Matzner, A., Poledňák, I., Wasserberger, I., ed. (1983). Encyklopedie jazzu a moderní populární hudby I-III. Praha.
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Middleton, R. (1990). Studying popular music. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
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NEGUS, Keith. (1997). Popular music in theory: an introduction. Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press.
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Poledňák, Ivan. (2005). Úvod do problematiky hudby jazzového okruhu, Olomouc 2000, Univerzita Palackého Olomouc. Olomouc.
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SHUKER, Roy. (2005). Popular music: the key concepts. London: Routledge.
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