Course: Sociology of Music

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Course title Sociology of Music
Course code KMU/HSC
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)
  • Křupková Lenka, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. The Emergence of Sociology and the Establishment of the Sociology of Music 2. Max Weber and the Sociology of Music 3. The Development of Sociological Thought on Music and the Czech Sociology of Music 4. Methodology of Empirical Research in the Sociology of Music 5. Methods of Data Collection, Analysis, and Interpretation 6. Empirical Research on Musical Life in the Czech Lands 7. The Sociology of Music History: Musicians in Medieval Europe 8. The Sociology of Music History: Bourgeois Musical Culture and the Institution of the Concert 9. The Sociology of Opera 10. Women, Gender, and Musical Life 11. The Music Industry in Capitalist Society 12. The Critique of Mass Music Culture and the Sociology of Taste

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 - 24 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 25 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 25 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course focuses on terminology, theoretical concepts, techniques and methods of sociological research. Attention will be also paid to interpretation of seminal texts and practical training.
The student: - is able to create a survey questionnaire for a musical-sociological research; - is capable of the practical application of techniques of the musical sociological research. Acquired qualifications: Knowledge of social structures of music life and its actors, or, the functioning of music institutions in different phases of the history of music, leads the student to a better understanding of the developmental process of music. A completion of the course significantly widens student's competences for next professional involvement in an organisation and management of music life.
Prerequisites
No preliminary courses required.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Written exam, Student performance

Attendance, essay, preparation of a questionnaire for empirical music research.
Recommended literature
  • HUDEBNÍ SOCIOLOGIE, In: Hudební věda I-III, Praha 1988.
  • Adorno, Theodor, W. O fetišovém charakteru v hudbě a regresi slyšení, in: Divadlo 1964, č. 1-2..
  • Bek, Mikuláš. Konzervatoř Evropy? K sociologii české hudebnosti. Praha 2003..
  • Bek, Mikuláš:. Vybrané kapitoly hudební sociologie. Olomouc 1993.
  • BEK, Mikuláš. Vybrané kapitoly hudební sociologie. Olomouc. 1993.
  • BLAUKOPF, KURT:. Musik im Wandel der Gesellschaft, Darmstadt 1996.
  • DISMAN, Miroslav. Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost. Praha 1998..
  • Heister, H. W. Das Konzert. eorie einer Kulturform. Wilhelmshaven 1982..
  • Karbusický, Vladimír - Kasan, Jaroslav: Karbusický, Vladimír. Výzkum současné hudebnosti. Díl 1. Výzkum z roku 1962. Díl 2. Výzkum z roku 1965/66. Praha 1969..
  • Karbusický, Vladimír. Teoretické předpoklady empiricko-sociologického výzkumu hudby. In: Hudební věda, 1965, č. 3..
  • Kolektiv autorů. Hudba v českých dějinách. Praha 1988..
  • KŘUPKOVÁ, Lenka. Kapitoly z hudební sociologie. Olomouc. 2013.
  • NOWAK, Raphaël - BENNETT, Andy. Music Sociology: Value, Technology, and Identity. 2022.
  • SHEPERD, John - DEVINE, Kyle. Sociology of Music (USA). Grove Music Online [online]. Oxford: Oxford University Press, datum poslední úpravy 25. 7. 2013. Dostupné z DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2242526. Oxford. 2013.
  • SHEPERD, John - DEVINE, Kyle. The Routledge Reader on the Sociology of Music. 2015.
  • WALTER, Michael. ?Die Oper ist ein Irrenhaus?. Sozialgeschichte der Oper im 19. Jahrhundert. Stuttgart ? Weimar. 1997.
  • Weber, Max. "Objektivita" sociálněvědního a sociálněpolitického poznání. In: Weber, M., Metodologie, sociologie a politika. Praha 1998..
  • Weber, Max. Smysl "hodnotové neutrality" v sociologických a ekonomických vědách. In: Weber, M., Metodologie, sociologie a politika. Praha 1998, s. 64-108..
  • Wicke, Peter. Hudební průmysl. Historicko-systematický nástin..
  • Wicke, Peter. Populární hudby jako průmyslový produkt..


Study plans that include the course
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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 (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 (2022) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -