| Course title | Renaissance Music 1480-1612 |
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| Course code | KMU/HOR |
| 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, Optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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Thursday, September 24, 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. 1. The Origins and Development of Renaissance Music, in the Context of the Visual Arts, Literature, Architecture, and Philosophy. Thursday, September 24, 9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. 2. The Development of Musical Thought: Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), Glareanus (1488-1563), Václav Philomates (before 1490-after 1533), Gioseffo Zarlino (1517-1590), Girolamo Mei (1519-1594), Giulio Caccini (1551-1618), Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Joachim Burmeister (1564-1629), René Descartes (1596-1650). 3. Sacred music: Mass, motet, structure, compositional elements, textual distinctiveness, parody, modality. Thursday, October 8, 9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. 4. Madrigal: etymology, development, texts, poetry, chromaticism, opera. Thursday, October 29, 8:00 - 9:30 a.m. 5. Organology, instrumental forms: development of musical instruments, instrumental polyphony, instrumental ensembles, intrada, dance suite, sonata, trumpeters, origins of the orchestra. Thursday, October 29, 9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. 6. The Greatest Figures of Renaissance Music: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Orlando di Lasso, Philippe de Monte. Thursday, November 12, 8:00 - 9:30 a.m. 7. Confessionalism in Music, a Never-Ending Conflict: Dr. Martin Luther, Michael Praetorius, the Council of Trent, the Augsburg Confession, Lutheran music, Lutherans versus Catholics. Thursday, November 12, 9:45-11:15 a.m. 8. Figures in Lutheran Music: Michael Praetorius, Martin Krumbholtz, Johannes Knefelius, Melchior Franck, Christoph Demantius, Valerius Otto, Melchior, Lutheran music in Prague. Thursday, November 26, 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. 9. Czech Renaissance Music, Key Figures, and Repertoire: Jiří Rychnovský, Jan Campanus Vodňanský, Ondřej Jevíčský, Jan Trojan Turnovský. Thursday, November 26, 9:45-11:15 a.m. 10. Hymnals: the Unity of the Brethren, Jan Lukáš, Jan Augusta, Jan Blahoslav, Jan Amos Komenský, Unity of the Brethren hymnals, Tobiáš Závorka Lipenský. Thursday, December 10, 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. 11. Music at the Court of Rudolf II in Prague, the Capital of the Musical World: The Rudolfine Orchestra, Alexander Orologio, Jacob Regnart, Carl Luython, Hans Leo Hassler, Kryštof Harant. Thursday, December 10, 9:45-11:15 a.m. 12. Music and Eroticism: The Madrigal at the Court of Rudolf II, Philippe de Monte, Camillo Zanotti, Luca Marenzio, Carlo Gesualdo, Rudolfine Mannerism.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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| Learning outcomes |
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This course traces the development of musical culture during the High Renaissance, in the context of the visual arts, architecture, literature, and philosophybeginning with the accession of Maximilian I of Habsburg (1459-1519), a statesman of enlightened vision and a patron of the arts, who, thanks to his dominant position of power (King of Rome in 1486, Holy Roman Emperor in 1508) and his emotional attachment to Innsbruck and Vienna, brought a new chapter of Renaissance ideas to the Danube region north of the Alps. It was also during his reign that the most distinctive feature of Habsburg cultural policymusiccame to the fore. At the court of Maximilian I, the most renowned musicians of their time gradually found their place, such as Josquin Desprez (1440-1521) and Heinrich Isaac (1450-1517) ? until 1612, when Rudolf II, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor, died; he had moved the imperial court from Vienna to Prague in 1583. As a result, Prague became the cultural and political center of the world for thirty years.
A historical overview of the Renaissance period, during which art, cultural life, scholarship, and above all music underwent a period of rapid development that led directly to our own time. |
| Prerequisites |
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Students should be familiar with the ancient stories that became the fundamental themes for Renaissance musical compositions. They should be familiar with black-and-white mensural notation and understand contrapuntal terminology. However, the lectures are designed so that all of the above is clearly evident from the texts.
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Oral exam, Student performance
Active participation in class (no more than 2 absences, preferably none), and a solid understanding of the topics covered in the course material and required reading. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| 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): 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 (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 (2022) | 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: - |