HVK_22 Introduction to Organology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Petr Kalina, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Kalina, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jan Karafiát
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 28. 2. 15:00–15:50 N41, Fri 27. 3. 15:00–15:50 N41, Fri 24. 4. 15:00–15:50 N41, Fri 15. 5. 15:00–15:50 N41
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students acquire the ability to orientate in the historical and systematic aspects of the scientific view of musical instruments. He will be able to define the organology as a scientific discipline, to characterize the individual phases of the development of cognitive reflections on musical instruments, to enumerate the individual components of the acoustic system of musical instruments, to describe the directives of the directional characteristics of the emission of musical instruments. The student acquires the ability to orientate in the problems of historical development of individual instrument types, can characterize the most important organological concepts and define ethnoorganology as an organic subdisciline, including characteristics of its specific methods.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to characterize the individual phases of the development of cognitive reflections on musical instruments, to enumerate the individual components of the acoustic system of musical instruments, to describe the directives of the directional characteristics of the emission of musical instruments.
Syllabus
  • Organology as a musicological discipline (subject field, objectives and methodology of the field, complex organological image of the musical instrument, development of cognitive reflections on musical instruments, basic organological literature.
Literature
    required literature
  • KURFURST, Pavel. Hudební nástroje. 1st ed. Praha: TOGGA, 2002, 1168 pp. ISBN 80-902912-1-X. info
  • Hudební věda : historie a teorie oboru, jeho světový a český vývoj. Edited by Vladimír Lébl - Ivan Poledňák. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1988, s. 351-642. URL info
    recommended literature
  • MODR, Antonín. Hudební nástroje. 5. vyd., v SHV 1. Praha: Státní hudební nakladatelství, 1961, 301 s. info
  • HUTTER, Josef. Hudební nástroje. Vyd. 1. Praha: František Novák, 1945, 174 s. URL info
  • SACHS, Curt. Handbuch der Musikinstrumentenkunde. 2., durchgesehene Aufl. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1930, 419 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures, seminars, group discussions
Assessment methods
presentation, attendance (70%), written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin + 8 hodin individuálních konzultací.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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