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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 sociocultural context of the fifties and sixties of the 20th century definition and theory of rock music rock and roll, Motown pop Brill Building pop rhythm and blues, blues revival Mersey Sound hard rock, progressive rock, glam rock punk rock, heavy metal New Wave MTV electronic dance music (EDM) hip hop
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
- Attendace
- 9 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 50 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 50 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 41 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of this subject is to familiarise the students with the theoretical and historical problems of the sphere of popular music and its component subspheres. The main attention is devoted to the music of the jazz circuit and its particular subspheres.
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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Mark, Written exam, Written exam
regular attendance continuous study of recommended literature and listening to recommended music samples
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Recommended literature
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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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Matzner, A., Poledňák, I., Wasserberger, I., ed. (1983). Encyklopedie jazzu a moderní populární hudby I-III. Praha.
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NICHOLSON, Stuart. (1998). Jazz-Rock: A History.
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Poledňák, Ivan. (2005). Úvod do problematiky hudby jazzového okruhu, Olomouc 2000, Univerzita Palackého Olomouc. Olomouc.
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