Course: History of Music Types and Genres: Baroque Opera

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Course title History of Music Types and Genres: Baroque Opera
Course code KMU/DHDŽ1
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. The sociological and cultural role of opera in the 17th and 18th centuries 2. The dramaturgy of Baroque opera, libretto analysis, characters analysis 3. The relationship between text and music in Baroque opera, the recitative and aria principles 4. Types of arias, the principle of interchangeability, operatic pasticcio 5. Baroque physical expression: acting and dance, scenography of the baroque theatre 6. Historically informed performance and staging practice 7-12. Student presentations - their own analyses of opera performances

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 24 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 50 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Baroque opera seria as a crossover of art. In the cycle of lectures will be enlarged selected chapters from the field of the italian opera of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Students will acquire the knowledge of opera, baroque music and about interpretation.
Prerequisites
The course is intended for upper-year students, the prerequisite is a knowledge of of 17th- and 18th-century music.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary), Seminar Work

active participation in classes, attending the seminar, seminar paper, orientation issues in baroque opera
Recommended literature
  • Jan Racek. (1938). Slohové problémy italské monodie. Praha.
  • Manfred Fritz Bukofzer. (1986). Hudba v období baroka. Bratislava.
  • Miloš Štědroň. (1985). Claudio Monteverdi: génius opery. Praha.
  • Strohm, Reinhard. (1997). Dramma per musica. Italian Opera Seria of the Eighteenth Century.
  • Ulrich Michels. (2000). Encyklopedický atlas hudby. Praha.


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): Musicology (2026) Category: Theory and history of arts - 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): Musicology (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2026) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2019) 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: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2026) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2022) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -