Course: 17th- and 18th-Century Music

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Course title 17th- and 18th-Century Music
Course code KMU/D17
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
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.
Course content
1. Characteristics of the style, key features, and how it differs from the previous era 2. The birth of opera (Monteverdi) 3. Italian opera seria (Scarlatti, Zeno, Metastasio) 4. French musical-dramatic genres (Lully, Rameau) 5. Oratorio (Carissimi, Zelenka) 6. Baroque vocal music (Purcell, Schütz) 7. Catholic church music (Fux, Caldara) 8. Instrumental music (Corelli, Telemann) 9. Music for keyboard instruments (Frescobaldi, Couperin) 10. Solo concerto (Vivaldi) 11. G. F. Handel 12. J. S. Bach

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 25 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 24 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 25 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. The starting point is the religious and national division of Europe and its impact on the emergence of new stylish and different initiatives taken in the different parts of Europe.
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

1. The regular visit of the lessons 2. Studium of the literature 3. The seminary work
Recommended literature
  • Bohadlo Stanislav. (1988). Materiály k dějinám hudby, sociologie, estetiky III. Období baroka. Hradec Králové.
  • 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.
  • Smolka Jaroslav. (2001). Dějiny hudby. Brno.
  • Štědroň Miloš. (1985). Monteverdi: génius opery. Praha.
  • Taruskin Richard. (2000). The Oxford History of Western Music, Vol. 2, The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Oxford.
  • Trojan Jan. (2001). Dějiny opery. Litomyšl.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2026) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -