Course: Chapters from the analysis of music before 1800

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Course title Chapters from the analysis of music before 1800
Course code KMU/KA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
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. Semiological analysis of Gregorian Chant 2. Isorythm as a structural principle of medieval polyphony 3. Counterpoint in the Renaissance Era 4. Prima e seconda prattica 5. Affect theory and musical rhetoric of Baroque 6. Dramma per musica 7. Musical symbolism in the works of J. S. Bach 8. Credo: drama in the mass composition 9-12. Student presentations

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Attendace - 20 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 10 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 50 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to learn advanced analytical methods of Early music.
Students will gain an understanding of methods for analysing music composed before 1800.
Prerequisites
The course is intended for upper-year students (the prerequisite is completion of the course History of Early Music / Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries).

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Seminar Work

Attendance at lessons, completion of ongoing assignments.
Recommended literature
  • Bartel, Dietrich. (1997). Musica Poetica: Musical-Rhetorical Figures in German Baroque Music. Lincoln.
  • Bohadlo Stanislav. (1988). Materiály k dějinám hudby, sociologie, estetiky III. Období baroka. Hradec Králové.
  • Čurda, Martin. Hudba a význam. Sémioticky a hermeneuticky orientované metodologické přístupy v anglo-americké muzikologii posledních desetiletí, Hudební věda LX (2023), č. 3, s. 323-375. 2023.
  • Glüxam, Dagmar. (2020). "Aus der Seele muß man spielen .." Über die Affekttheorie in der Musik des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts und ihre Auswirkung auf die Interpretation. Wien.
  • Kouba, J. (1988). ABC hudebních slohů: od raného středověku k W.A. Mozartovi. Praha.
  • Krák, E. (2008). Viachlas v hudbe Európy: teoretické, kompozičné a historické súvislosti viachlasnej hudby. Stredovek a renesancia. Bratislava.
  • Medňanský, Karol. (2010). Poetika hudby 17. - 18. storočia. Prešov.
  • Quantz, J. J., & Bělský, V. (1990). Pokus o návod jak hrát na příčnou flétnu: opatřený různými poznámkami sloužícími ke zvelebení dobrého vkusu v praktické hudbě a objasněný příklady. Praha.


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 (2026) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2026) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2022) Category: Theory and history of arts - 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: -