FF:VH_805a Music History V A - Course Information

VH_805a Music History in Outline V A

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

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Timetable

Wed 13:20–14:55 J21

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

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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, Mahler
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)

Information on completion of the course: Ukončení formou zkoušky je určeno jednooborovým studentům.
The course is taught once in two years.