HVK_22 Introduction to Organology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2026
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Petr Kalina, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Kalina, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 20. 2. 13:00–14:40 N31, Fri 20. 3. 13:00–14:40 N31, Fri 17. 4. 13:00–14:40 N31, Fri 15. 5. 13:00–14:40 N31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
Students acquire the ability to orientate in the historical and systematic aspects of the scientific view of musical instruments. He will be able to define the organology as a scientific discipline, to characterize the individual phases of the development of cognitive reflections on musical instruments, to enumerate the individual components of the acoustic system of musical instruments, to describe the directives of the directional characteristics of the emission of musical instruments. The student acquires the ability to orientate in the problems of historical development of individual instrument types, can characterize the most important organological concepts and define ethnoorganology as an organic subdisciline, including characteristics of its specific methods.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to characterize the individual phases of the development of cognitive reflections on musical instruments, to enumerate the individual components of the acoustic system of musical instruments, to describe the directives of the directional characteristics of the emission of musical instruments.
Key topics
Organology as a musicological discipline (subject field, objectives and methodology of the field, complex organological image of the musical instrument, development of cognitive reflections on musical instruments, basic organological literature.
Study resources and literature
    required literature
  • KURFURST, Pavel. Hudební nástroje. 1st ed. Praha: TOGGA, 2002, 1168 pp. ISBN 80-902912-1-X. info
  • Hudební věda : historie a teorie oboru, jeho světový a český vývoj. Edited by Vladimír Lébl - Ivan Poledňák. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1988, s. 351-642. URL info
    recommended literature
  • MODR, Antonín. Hudební nástroje. 5. vydání (1. v SHV). Praha: Státní hudební vydavatelství, 1961, 301 stran. info
  • HUTTER, Josef. Hudební nástroje. Vyd. 1. Praha: František Novák, 1945, 174 s. URL info
  • SACHS, Curt. Handbuch der Musikinstrumentenkunde. 2., durchgesehene Aufl. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1930, 419 s. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
lectures, seminars, group discussions
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
presentation, attendance (70%), written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2027.
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