DVHs093 Contemporary World Musical

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2004
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Monika Bártová, Ph.D. (lecturer), Dr. Július Gajdoš, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Dr. Július Gajdoš, Ph.D.
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Zuzana Klusáčková
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:35 48
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
Born in New York, the musical is a today's phenomen. Broadway (New York), West End (London) and Vienna are the biggest centres of a present musical theatre. This course will be about the musical's expansion, present situation around the musical theatre and about the main composers from 90s to present (A.L.Webber, S.Sondheim, C.M.Schönberg, E.John, J. Larson, M. Hollmann etc). Highlights AIDS and gay musical, today's Broaway and West End situation.
Syllabus
  • 1, An Introduction - what is a musical? 2, London and West End: Andrew Lloyd Webber; life and work (Part I) 3, Andrew Lloyd Webber; life and work (Part II) 4, Claude Michel Schönberg and Alan Boublil 5, Stephen Sondheim 5, Elton John and musical 6, Disney production's musical 7, AIDS and Gay musical - part I 8, AIDS and Gay musical - part II 9, Musical in Austria and Germany 10, Broadway's biggest flops 11, Today's Broadway (Wildhorn, Hollman ad.) 12, Today's West End 13, Summary
Assessment methods (in Czech)
2 hodiny přednáška; Ukončení: písemná práce,příp. ústní zkouška. Vzhledem k nedostatku literatury návštěva přednášek nutná
Language of instruction
Czech
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