VH_706 Literature Opera

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Mikuláš Bek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jana Perutková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Vlasta Taranzová
Timetable
Wed 15:00–16:35 J21
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Předmět předpokládá poměrně pokročilou znalost hudební teorie a základů hudební analýzy.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
identify the main types of opera libretto;
recognize the basic procedures used to transform the text of a play into an opera libretto;
locate particular works in the context of the historical development of the opera in the 20th century;
interpret the relations between the opera dramaturgy and the developments of modern drama;
characterise the opera poetics of leading composers;
apply the theoretical instruments received in the previous study (music theory, music history)to the analysis of dramaturgy in particular pieces;
re-construct the historical connections between the development of the musical language of the 20th century and other branches of art;
judge the relations between the dramaturgy of an opera and the performance practice.
Syllabus
  • The history of opera libretto
  • Giuseppe Verdi
  • Richard Wagner
  • Claude Debussy
  • Leoš Janáček
  • Richard Strauss
  • Alexander Zemlinsky
  • Alban Berg
  • Hans Werner Henze: Der Prinz von Homburg
Literature
    required literature
  • SPURNÁ, Helena. Hudební divadlo jako výzva. Interdisciplinární texty. Praha: Národní divadlo, 2004, 495 pp. ISBN 80-7258-161-9. info
  • SZONDI, Peter. Teória modernej drámy. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Tatran, 1969, 175 s. info
  • SZONDI, Peter. Theorie des modernen Dramas 1880-1950. 10. Aufl. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1956, 169 s. ISBN 3-518-00027-6. info
    recommended literature
  • VELTRUSKÝ, Jiří. Drama jako básnické dílo. Edited by Ivo Osolsobě. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 1999, 168 s. ISBN 80-86055-60-4. info
  • GIER, Albert. Das Libretto :Theorie und Geschichte einer musikoliterarischen Gattung. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1998, ix, 338 s. ISBN 3-534-12368-9. info
  • DAHLHAUS, Carl. Vom Musikdrama zur Literaturoper. München: R. Piper GmbH, 1989, 331 pp. ISBN 3-492-18238-0. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, readings, group project, class discussion.
Assessment methods
Presentation, essay, oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Autumn 2013.
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