HV_54 History of Music Theory

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Spurný, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Maňas, Ph.D. (assistant)
prof. PhDr. Jana Perutková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Spurný, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 16:00–17:40 N43, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
HV_39 Bachelor exam || HVK_26 Bachelor exam || ASH_BZk Bachalor degree exam
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 focused on musical theoretical concepts of music of the 18th - 20th century, to important personalities and institutions of this period.
Learning outcomes
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to understand the basic teachings of music theory of 18th and 19th century.
Syllabus
  • Music theory and mathematics
  • Rameau and 18th century harmonic theory
  • 19th century harmonic theory
  • Form
  • Tonality
  • Music theory as pedagogy
  • Hugo Riemann: harmonic theory; Heinrich Schenker: harmonic theory and music analysis
  • Ernst Kurth; August Halm; Arnold Schönberg
  • Czech music theory: Otakar Šín, Karel Janeček, Karel Risinger, Jaroslav Volek, Leoš Janáček, Alois Hába
Literature
    required literature
  • Dahlhaus, Carl. Die Musiktheorie im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert, I.,II., Teil, Darmstadt 1984/89.
  • Hradecký, Emil. Úvod do studia tonální harmonie, Praha 1960
  • Thomas Christensen. Western Music Theory. Cambridge University Press 2002.
  • Ludvová, Jitka. Česká hudební teorie novější doby 1850 - 1900. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1989. 85 s Studie ČSAV.
  • De la Motte-Haber, Helga. Musiktheorie. Laaber : Laaber-Verlag, 2005.
  • Risinger, Karel. Vůdčí osobnosti české moderní hudební teorie . Praha : SHV, 1963.
  • SPURNÝ, Lubomír. Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935): Kapitoly z hudební teorie a analýzy. Praha: Koniasch Latin Press, 2012.
  • The Cambridge history of Western music theory. Edited by Thomas Street Christensen. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, xxiii, 998. ISBN 9780521686983. info
  • Česká hudební teorie 1750-1850. Edited by Jitka Ludvová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1985, 119 s. info
    recommended literature
  • SPURNÝ, Lubomír. Heinrich Schenker - dávný neznámý. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého - vydavatelství, 2000, 186 pp. ISBN 80-244-0055-3. info
  • MEYER, Leonard B. Style and music : theory, history, and ideology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996, xi, 376. ISBN 9780226521527. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
oral exam, test
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/el/phil/podzim2018/VH_95a/um/
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023.
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