UJS_01 Classical Russian Music

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Petr Kalina, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Kalina, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Halyna Myronova, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:40 K33
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
At the end of the course student should be able to understand, explain and chronologize most inportant phenomenos of Russian professional music culture. Emphasis is put on connection of word with music, ergo on fusion of lyric of important Russian poets and the music expression. Each music phenomenons are exeplifyed with music records from personal chancery of the lecturer.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course the student will be able to orientate in particular trends and compositors of Russian classical music and their works.
Syllabus
  • 1. Music of orthodox church; liturgic functions of sigle vocal types; authors.
  • 2. East-slavonic music baroque and clasical period: specifics; forms; authors.
  • 3. Period of musical romantism i Russia: M. Glinka - founder of "russian national music"; genesis of national opera; A. Pushkin and russian music; inspiration of artificial misic in folklore; The Mighty Handful; P. Tchaikovsky, S. Rachmaninov
  • 4. Russian and ukrainian music in 20th century: political situation and its influence on culture; treds; authors - I. Stravinsky, S. Prokofiev, D. Shostakovich
Literature
  • RACEK, Jan. Ruská hudba : od nejstarších dob až po Velkou říjnovou revoluci. 1. vyd. V Praze: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1953, 168 s. URL info
  • SMOLKA, Jaroslav. Dějiny hudby. Vyd. 1. Brno: TOGGA agency, 2001, 657 s. ISBN 80-902912-0-1. info
  • Trojan Jan: Dějiny opery: tvůrci předloh, libretisté, skladatelé a jich díla. Praha: Paseka, 2001
  • Šostakovič, Dmitrij: O době a o sobě. Praha: Editio Supraphon, 1987
  • Fukač, J.: Rusko. In: Slovník české hudební kultury. Praha: Editio Supraphon, 1997, s. 795-799
  • Kuba, L. - Orlov, S. - Lapšin, I.: Ruská hudba a její tvůrcové. Praha: J. Otto, 1927
  • Istorija russkoj muzyki. Moskva: Gosudarstvennoje muzykalnoje izdatělstvo, 1957
Teaching methods
Lectures, class diskussion.
Assessment methods
The course has a form of a lecture and a class discussion. Colloquium is in the form of a discussion about themes of a course in a team of 3-4 students.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2022, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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