V023 Folk Music

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 1999
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Josef Prokeš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Karel Pala, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Josef Prokeš, Ph.D.
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
Syllabus
  • The origin, development and poetics of Contemporary Urban Adult Music, its current and future relations to the other kinds of music.
  • Singing poets and poetry set to music. Woody Guthrie, Pet Seeger, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Bulat Okudžava, Vladimír Vysockij, Karel Kryl, Vladimír Merta, Jaroslav Hutka, Vlastimil Třešňák, Jaromír Nohavica, Karel Plíhal, Slávek Janoušek, Jan Nedvěd...
  • Students composing their own music, the structure of lyrics, harmonization, guitar and other accompanying instruments, principles of duets and setting poetry to music.
  • Production of a folk concert, listener psychology.
  • Computer music.
  • Copyright.
  • The ability to play a musical instrument is welcomed but is not necessary.
Literature
  • Nebýt stádem Hamletů : průhledy do českého folku. Edited by Josef Prokeš. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1994, 259 s. ISBN 8021008717. info
  • MERTA, Vladimír. Zpívaná poezie :úvaha vzniklá za pochodu v letech 1982-84. 1. vyd. Praha: Panton, 1990, 141 s. ISBN 80-7039-032-8. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 1997, Autumn 1997, Autumn 1998, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 1999, recent)
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