Course: Harmony analysis

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Course title Harmony analysis
Course code KMU/HAK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Not filled in
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
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)
  • Keprt Marek, doc. MgA. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to Harmonic AnalysisHarmonic Devices of the Classical Period Analysis of the fast movement from an early sonata by W. A. Mozart 2. Analysis of the slow movement from an early sonata by W. A. Mozart 3. Analysis of the fast movement from W. A. Mozart's late period 4. L. v. Beethoven's harmonic languageanalysis of an early sonata by L. v. Beethoven 5. Analysis of a sonata movement from L. v. Beethoven's middle or late period 6. Harmonic innovations by A. Rejcha 7. Harmony of the Early Romantic PeriodAnalysis of Early Compositions by F. Chopin 8. Harmonic Innovations in Chopin's Late PeriodMazurkas 9. Harmonic Innovations in Chopin's Late PeriodNocturnes 10. Schumann, Liszt, WagnerAnalysis of Selected Compositions 11. Late Romanticism and Tristan-style harmonyharmonic innovations in A. N. Scriabin's middle period 12. Harmony in Impressionism. Tonal center, atonalitythe late works of A. N. Scriabin and A. Schoenberg

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration
  • Attendace - 8 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 20 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 22 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
This course makes students acquainted with the basics of harmonic thinking in the period of classicism and romantism.
During practising each student gains an overview about harmonic aspect of a composition as well as one of the fundamental points for analyzing music.
Prerequisites
A solid orientation in the knowledges of elementary music theory and musical terminology.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Written exam

Practising each chapter, student can identify and analyze the type of chords and their function, as well as making their own harmonical analysis.
Recommended literature
  • Antonín Modr. (1960). Harmonie v otázkách a odpovědích. Praha.
  • Damschroder. Thinking about harmony. Historical perspectives on Analysis. 2008.
  • De la Motter, Dieter. The Study of Harmony: An Historical Perspective. 1991.
  • Golab, Maciej. Chopins Harmonik. Chromatik in ihere Beziehung zur Tonalität. 1995.
  • Janeček, K. (1982). Harmonie rozborem. Praha.
  • Jaroslav Kofroň. (1981). Učebnice harmonie. Praha.
  • Sabbagh, Peter. The development of harmony in Scriabinś works. 2003.


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