HV_329 Symbolism

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
MgA. Vojtěch Dlask, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D. (deputy)
prof. PhDr. Jana Perutková, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:00–15:40 N43, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
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 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 19/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the seminar is to acquaint students with the art of symbolism, with its predecessors and followers, with the specific thinking, with its penetration into music and its legacy for the music of the 20th century and today.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to recognize the manifestations of symbolism in art, especially in music.
Syllabus
  • 1 Introduction to the epoch of symbolism - specifics of the period, its roots and end, selected ways of symbolizing in music throughout history 2 French and Belgian Symbolism, Impressionists 3 analyzes of Satie's Danses Gothiques, Pieces Froides, Sports et divertissements and Socrates as a demonstration of the metamorphosis of the aesthetics of Symbolism into Neoclassicism 4 Anglo-American Symbolism - from the Pre-Raphaelists to Ives 5 German symbolism and the Tristan generation 6 symbolism in northeastern Europe – Szymanowski, Sibelius, Čiurlionis 7 Russian Symbolism and Akmeism. Scriabin and his eclectics, Rebikov. Gurjayev's and Komitas's music as an instinctive musical expression of a symbolist creator. 8 musical analyzes of Scriabin's late piano works and Rebikov's works as a demonstration of the metamorphosis of the aesthetics of Symbolism into Expressionism 9 Symbolist influences and tendencies in the Czech Republic – Cecilianism, Wagnerianism, Suk, Novák, Vycpálek, Ostrčil, Symbolist aesthetics in the works of Janáček (Amarus, Elegy on the death of Olga's daughter – musical analyses)
Literature
  • ALLEAU, René. Hermés a dějiny věd : studie k archeologii a etnologii vědění se zřetelem k historii alchymie a hermetické tradici. Translated by Ivo Purš. 2., rozš. vyd. Praha: Malvern, 2005, 249 s. ISBN 808670209X. info
  • DYKAST, Roman. Hudba věku melancholie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Togga, 2005, 333 s. ISBN 8090291252. info
  • LAKOFF, George and Mark JOHNSON. Metafory, kterými žijeme. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2002, 280 s. ISBN 80-7294-071-6. info
  • Lost Paradise : symbolist Europe. Edited by Donald Pistolesi. Montreal, Quebec: The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, 552 stran. ISBN 2891921941. info
  • Debussy : impresionizmus a symbolizmus. Edited by Stefan Jarociński. Bratislava: OPUS, 1989, 310 s. ISBN 8070930012. info
Teaching methods
Teaching methods are musical analysis, comparison of works of art across art forms. Specific phenomena such as synaesthesia or the relationship between music and text/art work are performed with the help of projections in addition to analyses.
Assessment methods
colloquium - oral discussion
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2022.
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