Course: 17th- and 18th-Century Music 1

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Course title 17th- and 18th-Century Music 1
Course code KMU/D17-1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Spáčilová Jana, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Lyko Petr, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The lecture combines a genre-based approach with insights into the contributions of individual composers. The various topics are presented in the form of repertoire explorations. 1. Introduction - definition of the period, key characteristics 2. The origins of opera, the Florentine Camerata (Monteverdi) 3. Oratorio (Carissimi) 4. French musical theatre genres (Lully) 5. Opera seria (Handel) 6. Concerto grosso (Corelli) 7. Sonata (Telemann) 8. Suite (Couperin) 9. Solo concerto (Vivaldi) 10. Catholic church music (Caldara) 11. Protestant church music (Bach) 12. Czech Baroque music in a European context (Zelenka)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Semestral Work - 25 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 14 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 10 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The mission of the lecture is to introduce to the students the stylistic and developmental trends in European music in the 17th and 18 century.
Obtaining of the reliable orientation in the historic, stylish, functional, aesthetic and theoretical issues of music 17th and 18 century.
Prerequisites
The course is intended for upper-year students, a prerequisite is successful completion of the course "An Overview of the History of Music".

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Student performance, Seminar Work

The regular visit of the lessons. The seminary work.
Recommended literature
  • Bohadlo Stanislav. (1988). Materiály k dějinám hudby, sociologie, estetiky III. Období baroka. Hradec Králové.
  • Braun, Werner. (1981). Die Musik des 17. Jahrhunderts. Athenaion Verlag.
  • Bukofzer Manfred. Hudba v období baroka : od Monteverdiho po Bacha. Bratislava. 1986.
  • Dahlhaus Carl. (1994). Die Musik des 18. Jahrhunderts. Laabler Verlag.
  • Eggebrecht H. H. (1991). Musik im Abendland. Mnichov.
  • Hogwood Christopher. Georg Friedrich Händel. Praha. 2015.
  • Kačic Ladislav. (2009). Dějiny hudby III. Baroko. Bratislava.
  • Kouba Jan. (1988). ABC hudebních slohů. Praha.
  • Manfred F. Bukofzer:. Music in the Baroque Era. New York 1947. Kniha je dostupná také ve slovenském (Bratislava 1987) a německém překladu..
  • Michels Ulrich. (2000). Encyklopedický atlas hudby. Praha.
  • Schweitzer Albert. Johann Sebastian Bach. Praha. 2017.
  • Smolka Jaroslav. (2001). Dějiny hudby. Brno.
  • Štědroň Miloš. (1985). Monteverdi: génius opery. Praha.
  • Talbot, Michael. Antonio Vivaldi. Praha. 2014.
  • Taruskin Richard. (2000). The Oxford History of Western Music, Vol. 2, The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Oxford.
  • Trojan Jan. (2001). Dějiny opery. Litomyšl.


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