VH_745 History of polyphonic mass 1300-1600

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Stanislav Tesař (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jana Perutková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Vlasta Taranzová
Timetable
Thu 13:20–14:55 J22
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Předpoklady nezadány
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
Course objectives
The lecture is directed upon the explication of both theoretical and practical problems connected with the development of polyphonic mass musical composition as a central formation of music activity of middle-ages and renaissance.
A special attention is paid to the problems of individual stages of progress of the technique of the cantus firmus and to the characteristics of main tendencies of development and diversification of compositional techniques of polyphony between 900 and 1300. At the end of the course students will dispose of the basic sum of knowledge and skills necessary for a reliable orientation in both the theoretical and practical problems of the subject as it is formulated in the included syllabus.
Syllabus
  • 1) Mass as a textual and ritual system.
  • 2) Mass as a musical system.
  • 3) Formation of the principle of cantus firmus and origins of the polyphonic setting of the mass text.
  • 4) Origins of the musically autonomous approach to the mass text - conflict of the cult (ritual) and cultural (artistic) principles.
  • 5) Formation of the principle of cycle.
  • 6) From the proportional to the linear - process of rationalization of compositional techniques.
  • 7) Development of mass in the 16th century - beginnings of the conflict between the polyphonic and homophonic principles.
  • A detailed syllabus including an elaborate thematic scheduling and bibliography is to be found in the IS MU (Study materials of VH_745).
Literature
  • Musik im Abendland : Prozesse und Stationen vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Edited by Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht. München: Piper, 1991, 838 s. ISBN 3492029183. info
Assessment methods
Colloquium interview - theoretical knowledge and practical skills, please see the detailed syllabus in the IS MU (Study materials, VH_745).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2014, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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