US_61 History of Czech Jazz Music

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
MgA. Jan Dalecký (lecturer), PhDr. Dagmar Koudelková (deputy)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Dagmar Koudelková
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Nesjou požadovány.
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 140 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/140, only registered: 0/140, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/140
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course is a brief excursion to the history of Czech jazz music.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to: - describe and analyze the changes of Czech jazz music and its interpretation - describe the historical context of the development of Czech jazz music
Syllabus
  • The main representatives of Czech jazz music including music ensembles, important festivals and recordings will be discussed.
Literature
  • Das grosse Jazzbuch (Orig.) : The jazz book : from ragtime to fusion and beyond. info
  • The jazz scene (Orig.) : Jazzová scéna. info
  • DORŮŽKA, Lubomír. Český jazz mezi tanky a klíči, 1968-1989. Photo by Pavel Vácha. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 2002, 499 s. ISBN 8072151673. info
  • The new Grove dictionary of jazz. Edited by Barry Dean Kernfeld. 2nd ed. New York: Grove, 2002, xxvi, 869. ISBN 1561592846. info
  • OPEKAR, Aleš. Czechoslovak Jazz-rock Music: A local Version of an International Phenomenon in the 1970´s. Tony Mitchell, Peter Doyle. In Changing Sounds: New Directions and Configurations in Popular Music. Sydney (Austrálie), 2000, p. 183-187. info
  • POLEDŇÁK, Ivan and Lubomír DORŮŽKA. Československý jazz : minulost a přítomnost. 1. vyd. Praha: Supraphon, 1967, 309 s. URL info
  • FUKAČ, Jiří. Nové pověry kolem jazzu?[New supersitions around jazz?]. Hudební rozhledy. Praha: Svaz československých skladatelů, 1963, vol. 16, No 1, p. 40-41. ISSN 0018-6996. info
  • FUKAČ, Jiří. O džezu co nejstručněji [Jazz - The shortest survey]. 1st ed. Brno: Dům kultury a osvěty města Brna, 1962, 26 pp. ISBN není. info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Writen test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2017, Spring 2020, Spring 2022.
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