HV212 Music Analysis 1

Faculty of Education
Spring 2026
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petr Hala, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Petr Hala, Ph.D. et Ph.D.
Department of Music – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Petr Hala, Ph.D. et Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Music – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
HV212/01: Mon 15:00–15:50 D11 učebna, P. Hala
Prerequisites (in Czech)
HV021 Harmony 2
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
Abstract
Analysis of chords, selected harmonic phenomena, recognition of the basic structural elements of a musical whole, formal arrangement of fugue and variations
Learning outcomes
Orientation in musical text, analytical view of the form of fugue and variations
Key topics
1. Size and turns of chords, 2. Selected harmonic phenomena, 3. Motif, theme, figure, passage. 4. Working with motif and theme, 5. Fugue, 6. Variational form
Study resources and literature
    required literature
  • HLOBIL, Emil. Nauka o hudebních formách. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní hudební nakladatelství, 1963, 240 s. URL info
  • HŮLA, Zdeněk. Nauka o kontrapunktu. 1. vyd. Praha: Supraphon, 1985, 323 s. URL info
  • WALKER, Paul. Theories of fugue from the age of Josquin to the age of Bach. First published. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2000, 485 stran. ISBN 9781580460293. info
  • FUKAČ, Jiří. Semantische Aspekte des Variationsprinzips in der Musik (Semantic aspects of the principle of variations in music). Musicologica Brunensia. Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, vol. 48, H 34, p. 29-39. ISSN 1212-0391. info
    recommended literature
  • ŠÍN, Otakar. Nauka o kontrapunktu, imitaci a fuze. Edited by Vladimír Rytíř. Druhé vydání. Praha: Fr. A. Urbánek a synové, 1945, viii, 197. URL info
    not specified
  • KOFROŇ, Jaroslav. Učebnice harmonie. Praha: Státní hudební vydavatelství, 1963. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
seminar
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Credit. Elaboration own analysis.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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