Course: Music Paleography 1

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Course title Music Paleography 1
Course code KMU/TEHZ1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
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
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 20 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 5 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course introduces into questions of notation of music. It gives a survey of the most important notational systems of European music, whereas students should gain the basic ability to transcribe example facsimiles into modern notation.
Students will understand the notation principles used in various historical periods. They will be able to identify given examples according to the different historical notation styles from the ancient times until the 15th Century. They will be able to identify individual notation characters in the original sources and understand their musical significance. Excluding the neume notation they will be able to transcribe the less complex notations into the modern notation. Students will be familiar with the music context of notation and historical forms and genres.
Prerequisites
Students should be well acquainted with the history of early music.

Assessment methods and criteria
Didactic Test, Seminar Work

a) sufficient knowledge of the historical development issues covered in class and in the basic literature (Rybarič, SČHK) b) sufficient knowledge of the principles of the notation systems covered and of the principles of their transcript (with special emphasis on the neume notation characters) c) devising of a suitable seminar paper: evaluation of a given historical notation example (neume notation) d) ability to identify the historical notation example given
Recommended literature
  • Černý, miroslav K. (2006). Hudba antických kultur . Praha.
  • Hutter, Josef. (1930). Česká notace II. Praha.
  • Hutter, Josef. (1926). Česká notace I. Praha.
  • Plocek, Václav. (1988). Teorie a dějiny notace, in: Hudební věda II, s. 591-606. Praha.
  • Rybarič, Richard. (1982). Vývoj európskeho notopisu, Opus Bratislava 1982 (s. 7-125). Besseler, Heinrich - Gülke, Peter.
  • Stäblein, Bruno. (1975). Schriftbild der einstimmigen Musik. Musikgeschichte in Bildern, Band III,Lieferung 4, Leipzig 1975. Leipzig.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2022) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter