US_128 Film Music by Dmitry Shostakovich

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jan Špaček (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Kristýna Celhofferová, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Vlasta Taranzová
Timetable
Tue 15:00–16:35 N21
Prerequisites
Students should have a least a basic knowledge of Russian and English. However it is not a condition of participation in the course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 220 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/220, only registered: 0/220, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/220
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Students will understand the problems of life and works of Dmitri Shostakovich, especially his work for film and, more generally, music theatre. They will be able to explain different problems of art in the Soviet Union, the role of film in it, and the important events in the life and work od Dmitri Shostakovich. The will also be acquainted with the political aspects of cultural life in the Soviet Union.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to the problems of life and works of Dmitri D. Shostakovich (DSCH)
  • Periodization of works by DSCH
  • Political and other aspects of DSCH's life and works
  • DSCH and musical theatre
  • Film music by DSCH - chronological and thematic classification
  • Directors of films with DSCH's music
  • Films with music by DSCH - commentaries and selected screenings
Literature
  • FAY, Laurel E. Shostakovich : a life. 1st issued as an Oxford Univ. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, xii, 458. ISBN 0195182510. info
  • WILSON, Elizabeth. Shostakovich: A Life Remembered. 2 edition. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009, 600 pp. ISBN 0691128863. info
  • RILEY, John. Dmitri Shostakovich: A Life in Film. London, New York: I. B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2004, 168 pp. KINO - Russian Film-makers' Companions. ISBN 1 85043 484 0. info
  • A Shostakovich casebook. Edited by Malcolm Hamrick Brown. 1st pbk. ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005, ix, 408. ISBN 0253218233. info
  • EGOROVA, Tatiana K. Soviet film music : an historical survey. Translated by Tatiana A. Ganf - Natalia A. Egunova. Australia: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1997, xiii, 311. ISBN 3718659115. info
  • ŠOSTAKOVIČ, Dmitrij Dmitrijevič. Chaos statt Musik? :Briefe an einen Freund. Edited by Isaak Dawydowitsch Glikman, Translated by Thomas Klein - Reimar Westen. Berlin: Argon, 1995, 348 s. ISBN 3-87024-311-2. info
  • ŠOSTAKOVIČ, Dmitrij Dmitrijevič. O době a o sobě 1926/1975. Edited by M. Jakovlev, Translated by Eva Pensdorfová. 1. vyd. Praha: Supraphon, 1987, 403 s. URL info
  • ŠPAČEK, Jan. Soc-real Dancing: Elements of Socialist Realism in the Light Music of Dmitry Shostakovich. In Socialist Realism and Music [Colloquia Musicologica Brunensia, 36 (2001)]. Praha: KLP - Koniasch Latin Press ve spolupráci s Ústavem hudební vědy FF MU, 2004, p. 131-134. ISBN 80-86791-18-1. info
  • ŠOSTAKOVIČ, Dmitrij Dmitrijevič. Svědectví : paměti Dmitrije Šostakoviče. Edited by Solomon Moisejevič Volkov, Translated by Hana Linhartová - Vladimír. 2. vyd. V Praze: Akademie múzických umění, 2006, 422 s. ISBN 8073310570. info
Teaching methods
lectures, readings, projections
Assessment methods
Colloquium in the form of an oral inteview.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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