DVT077 Varieties and Theory of Musical Theatre

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Timetable
Tue 12:30–14:05 G01
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
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Course objectives
The objective of the course is an introduction to the history and theory of the musical theatre in its historical metamorphoses - from its Classical origins, through medieval texts, Baroque opera, to the contemporary variety of genres (modern opera, chamber and TV opera, musical, stage melodrama).
Syllabus
  • An introduction to the musical theatre, its theory and history
  • (1) musical theatre as an artistic phenomenon
  • (2) an introduction to the history of the genre
  • (3) the genres of musical theatre
  • (4) drama and melodrama
  • (5) the dramatic type (Classicist, Realist and Modernist opera)
  • (6) the melodramatic type (Baroque and Romantic opera)
  • (7) the specifics of the aria, the air and the song
  • (8) visual and accoustic images; expressivity; sentiment
  • (9) the specifics of the opera libretto
Literature
    required literature
  • ZICH, Otakar. Estetika dramatického umění : teoretická dramaturgie. V Praze: Melantrich, 1931, 408 s. info
  • ZICH, Otakar. Estetika dramatického umění : teoretická dramaturgie. 2. vyd., (v Panoramě 1.). Praha: Panorama, 1986, 412 s. info
  • HONOLKA, Kurt. Na počátku bylo libreto. Praha: Supraphon, 1967. info
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Ivo. Divadlo, které mluví, zpívá a tančí... (Theatre that Speaks, Sings and Dances. A Theory of a Form of Human Communication). Vydání první. Praha: Supraphon, 1974, 250 pp. info
  • SPURNÁ, Helena. Hudební divadlo jako výzva. Interdisciplinární texty. Praha: Národní divadlo, 2004, 495 pp. ISBN 80-7258-161-9. info
    recommended literature
  • HEILMAN, Robert Bechtold. Tragedy and melodrama : versions of experience. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1968. info
  • GIER, Albert. Das Libretto :Theorie und Geschichte einer musikoliterarischen Gattung. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1998, ix, 338 s. ISBN 3-534-12368-9. info
  • Smith, Patrick J. The tenth muse: a historical study of the opera libretto. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970.
  • SMITH, James Leslie. Melodrama. London: Methuen, 1973, 96 p. ; 19. ISBN 0-416-79330-4. info
  • Srba, Bořivoj. „Bedřich Smetana a soudobá divadelní konvence“. In Opus musicum, roč. XVII, 1985, č. 3, s. 71-81, a č. 4, s. 97-107.
  • HUTCHEON, Linda and Michael HUTCHEON. Opera : the art of dying. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004, 239 s. ISBN 0674013263. info
  • • Kamiński, Piotr. Tysiąc i jedna opera. Październik: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, 2008.
  • PROSTĚJOVSKÝ, Michael. Muzikál expres : malý průvodce velkým muzikálem. Vydání první. Brno: Větrné mlýny, 2008, 487 stran. ISBN 9788086907499. info
  • Levitin, Daniel J. The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature. New York: Dutton, 2008.
Teaching methods
seminars
Assessment methods
week-to-week seminar work (assignments on the reading list), final essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
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