FF:VHK_20 Music of 19th Century - Course Information

VHK_20 Music of 19th Century

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Jiří Zahrádka, Ph.D. (lecturer)

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Timetable

Fri 19. 9. 15:50–17:25 G24, Fri 24. 10. 15:50–17:25 G24, Fri 21. 11. 15:50–17:25 G24, Fri 12. 12. 15:50–17:25 G24

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

The course is focused on the crucial moments of the history of music in the 19th century, especially in field of the stage music.

Syllabus

1. Summary of the crucial moments of the music development in the 19th century, situation of the research, methodology
2. Song works,Schubert, Schumann
3. Problematics of the programe music, Eduard Hanslick: On the Musically Beautiful. Dispute over the music content
4. Opera in the 19th century. Richard Wagner and his reform

Literature

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 jejich díla. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2001, 482 s. ISBN 8071853488. info
NIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Zrození tragédie : z ducha hudby. Translated by Otokar Fischer. Praha: Gryf, 1993, 81 s. info
ČERNÝ, Jaromír. Hudba v českých dějinách :od středověku do nové doby. Praha: Supraphon, 1989, 483 s., [1. ISBN 80-7058-163-8. info
HANSLICK, Eduard. O hudebním krásnu : příspěvek k revizi hudební estetiky. Translated by Jaroslav Střítecký. 1. vyd. Praha: Editio Supraphon, 1973, 137 s. info

Assessment methods

Written test

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin.

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Spring 2010.