HVK_808 Music History of Czech Lands II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Mikuláš Bek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Spurný, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Zahrádka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Zahrádka, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
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
Overview of the Czech music history in the 19th and 20th century • Conditions of the formation of the Czech music. • Types of the music culture.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to understand the stylistic development in music performed in the Czech lands in the given period.
Syllabus
  • Conception of Zdeněk Nejedlý and Vladimír Helfert
  • Types of the music culture
  • The role of music in the emancipation process of the Czech nation in the 19th century
  • Czech opera
  • Smetana and Dvořák
  • Modern music
  • Inter-war music
  • Music after 1945
Literature
    required literature
  • ČERNÝ, Jaromír, Jan KOUBA, Vladimír LÉBL, Jitka LUDVOVÁ, Zdeňka PILKOVÁ, Jiří SEHNAL and Petr VÍT. Hudba v českých dějinách : od středověku do nové doby. Druhé, doplněné vydání. Praha: Editio Supraphon, 1989, 483 stran. ISBN 8070581638. info
  • TROJAN, Jan. Dějiny opery. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Janáčkova akademie múzických umění, 1981, 231 s. info
  • HELFERT, Vladimír. Česká moderní hudba : studie o české hudební tvořivosti. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Index, 1936, 173 s. URL info
  • NEJEDLÝ, Zdeněk. Umění. V Praze: Hejda & Tuček, 1903, xi, 261. info
    recommended literature
  • SEHNAL, Jiří and Jiří VYSLOUŽIL. Dějiny hudby na Moravě. Muzejní a vlastivědná společnost v Brně, 2001. Vlastivěda Moravská. Země a lid. Svazek 12. ISBN 80-7275-021-6. info
  • HELFERT, Vladimír. Vybrané studie [Helfert, 1970-]. Praha, 1970. info
  • HELFERT, Vladimír. Pohled na Bedřicha Smetanu. Brno: Index, 1934, 32 s. info
  • NEJEDLÝ, Zdeněk. Česká moderní zpěvohra po Smetanovi. V Praze: J. Otto, 1911, 364 s. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures with audioexamples
Assessment methods
final written test
Náhradní absolvování
In the case of a study abroad, it is possible to take the subject in a substitute form after agreement with the teacher. After returning, it is possible to write the final test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/phil/jaro2025/HVK_808/index.qwarp
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin + 8 hodin individuálních konzultací.
Teacher's information
After agreement with the teacher, individual consultations.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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