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Lecturer(s)
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Spáčilová Jana, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. General questions Terminology, historical and systematic questions of the theory of musical notation, paleography of music 2. Cheironomy, ekphonetic notation and letter notation Cheironomy, ekphonetic notation (including prosodic signs of ancient Greece) and letter notation (Greek vocal and instrumental notation, medieval letter systems), Quidonian hand, the system of hexachords 3. Latin neumes Definition of the term and development of neumatic notations, development of research in neumatic notations, typology of kinds and signs 4. Nota choralis The same as with the neumatic notation, with more of regard to situation in the Czech lands 5. Mensural notations ? the questions of transcription Modal notation Pre-Franconian and Franconian notation Black mensural notation White mensural notation
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
- Attendace
- 12 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 50 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 70 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 38 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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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 gain knowledge of historical notational systems and basic ability of their transcription into modern notation.
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Prerequisites
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Students should be well acquainted with the history of early music.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Mark, Seminar Work
a) Reliable knowledge of questions of historical development in the amount of lectured topics and obligatory literature (Rybarič, SČHK) b) Reliable knowledge of principles gaining examined notational systems and their transcription (with special emphasis on neumatic signs and mensural notation signs ? here mainly reading of ligatures) c) appropriate elaboration of correspondence homework
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Recommended literature
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Apel, Willi. (1962). Die Notation der polyphonen Musik 900-1600, VEB Breitkopf - Härtel Musikverlag. Leipzig.
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Besseler, Heinrich - Gülke, Peter. (1973). Schriftbild der mehrstimmigen Musik, Musikgeschichte in Bildern. Band III/5, Leipzig l973. Leipzig.
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Rybarič, Richard. (1982). Vývoj európskeho notopisu, Opus Bratislava 1982 (s. 7-125). Besseler, Heinrich - Gülke, Peter.
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Stäblein, Bruno. (1975). Schriftbild der einstimmigen Musik. Musikgeschichte in Bildern, Band III,Lieferung 4, Leipzig 1975. Leipzig.
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