IM066 The Theory of Composition I A

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Martin Smolka, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 18:00–19:35 JAMU
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/10
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 13 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The main objective of the course is to give students who haven't passed the musical education basic information on development of musical composition from the late 19th century until present.
Syllabus
  • 1. Late 19th century, early modernisms
  • 2. Before the 1st World War
  • 3. Between the Wars
  • 4. Afterwar
  • 5. Present
Literature
  • LUCIER, A.: Reflexions/Reflexionen, MusikTexte, Köln 1995
  • ROGGENKAMP, P.: Schriftbild und Interpretation in neuer Klaviermusik
  • WAGNER, A. (Hrsg): Luigi Nono. Dokumente. Materialien
  • FERNEYHOUGH, B.: Collected Writings, Harwood, Amsterdam 1998
  • VOGT, H.: Neue Musik seit 1945, Reclam, Stuttgart 1972
  • SCHMIDT, CH.: Komposition und Spiel. Zu Iannis Xenakis
  • PERLOFF, M. – JUNKERMAN, CH.: John Cage. Composed in America
  • SCHALLER, E.: Klang und Zahl
  • FLAMMER, E.-H.: Schriften zur Musik, Heilbronn 1999
  • MAHNKOPF, C.-S.: Kritik der neuen Musik, Bärenreiter, Kassel 1998
  • MAHNKOPF, C.-S. (Hrsg): Mythos Cage. Wolke, Hofheim 1999
  • WILSON, P. Niklas: Reduktion
  • RAUSCH, U.: Grenzgänge
  • Musik-Konzepte Sonderband: Musik der anderen Tradition. Mikroton. Tonwelten
  • ANTHEIL, G.: Bad Boy of Music, Rotbuch, Hamburg 2000
  • KOFROŇ, P. – SMOLKA, M.: Grafické partitury a koncepty, Votobia 1996
  • MERTENS, W.: American Minimal Music. Kahn and Averill, London 1993
  • WILSON, P.-N.: Hear and Now. Gedanken zur improvisierten Musik
  • The Undercurrents, edited by Young R., Continuum, London, New York 2005
  • WOLFF, CH.: Cues
  • RÜDIGER, W.: Der Musikalische Atem
  • SPREE, H.: Fragmente-Stille. An Diotima
  • REINLE, J.P.: Your Own Voice. Ein Kaleidoskop von improvisierten Musik
  • LAMBERT, P.: The Music of Charles Ives, Yale Univ. Press, New Haven 1997
  • de LEUW, T.: Die Sprache der Musik im 20. Jahrhundert
  • KLÜPPELHOLZ, W.: Über Mauricio Kagel, PFAU, Saarbrücken 2003
  • SWAFFORD, J.: Charles Ives. A Life with Music
Assessment methods
Lecture. Credits + Exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
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