VH_06 Counterpoint

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Alternate Types of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Martin Celhoffer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Miloš Štědroň, CSc. (lecturer)
Supervisor
Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology - Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Vlasta Taranzová
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Department of Musicology - Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 9:10–10:45 N41
Course Enrollment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
Fields of study the course is directly associated with
there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Students will be acquainted with the specificities of vocal and instrumental polyphonies in the renaissance and baroque music. Basic techniques: imitation, proportion, modality etc. Basic forms: canon, motet, madrigal, passacaglia, fugue etc.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to counterpoint: basic terminology
  • Prerequisites: intervals and modes - their classification
  • Techniques of the cantus firmus: 1:1, 2:1, 4:1, 3:1, 6:1 and syncopic counterpoint
  • Imitation techniques: typology
  • Contrapuntal figures
  • Instrumental techniques: free and reversed counterpoint
  • Fugue - analysis and exemplification of the techniques
Literature
    required literature
  • HŮLA, Zdeněk: Nauka o kontrapunktu (Praha, Editio Supraphon 1985).
  • FUX, Johann Joseph. Gradus ad Parnassum, oder, Anführung zur regelmäßigen musikalischen Composition. Translated by Lorenz Christoph Mizler. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 2008. 197 s., [6. ISBN 978-3-487-05209. info
  • ZARLINO, Gioseffo: The Art of Counterpoint (anglický překlad III. dílu spisu Le Institutioni Harmoniche 1558; 2. vyd., Londýn 1976).
    recommended literature
  • ŠÍN, Otakar: Nauka o kontrapunktu, imitaci a fuze (Praha 1936).
  • SIMPSON, Christopher: A Compendium of Practical Music in Five Parts (druhé vydání 1667, reprint Oxford 1970).
  • MARPURG, Friedrich Wilhelm: Handbuch bey dem Generalbasse und der Composition (sv. I–III, 1755–58).
  • MORLEY, Thomas: An Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music (London 1597, reprint London 1952).
  • DE LA MOTTE, Diether. Kontrapunkt : Ein Lese- und Arbeitsbuch. 1. Aufl. Leipzig: VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, 1985. 374 s. : i. info
  • Der freie Satz (Variant.) : Kontrapunkt und Fuge im freien (modernen) Tonsatz einschließlich Chorkomposition. info
Teaching methods
lectures, homeworks
Assessment methods
Written test.
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.
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