Course: Interpretation of Musicological Texts in a Foreign Language

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Course title Interpretation of Musicological Texts in a Foreign Language
Course code KMU/ICTK2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Fischer Jakub, Mgr.
  • Kopecký Jiří, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Keprt Marek, MgA. Ph.D.
  • Pechač Marek, Mgr. et Mgr.
Course content
The topics follow the subject matter lectured in the course 'Interpretation of a Foreign Language Text 1' ((ICJK1) from the Previous Term. 1. 20th-century exploration. Impressionism. 20th-century Nationalism. Blues. Jazz. Polytonality. Expressionism. Atonality. Pointillism. Neoclassicism. Serialism. Microtonality. Musique concr?te. Electronic music. Total serialism. Rock and Pop. Aleatory music. 2. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971). 3. "Unknown" Czech music after 1945. 4. Notes on ethnomusicology. Towards a definition of ethnomusicology. Music as culture, music in culture. What does an ethnomusicologist do? Collecting data: going into the field. Analysing the musical and social data. 5. 20th-century music. 20th-century nationalism. Jazz influences. Neoclassicism (The 'new classicism'). New materials, new sounds. Musique Concr?te. Electronic music, Aleatory, or 'chance-choice', music. 6. Echoes of Czech music in America. 7. Leoš Janáček's music and music theory 8. Mozart's music on sale in Vienna and Paris, 1780-1790. 9. Military bands and the circulation of music in the Austrian empire during the 1. nineteenth century. Military bands and their repertoire. 10. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Preface to the revised edition. Preface to the first edition by Sir George Grove. Introduction. 11. Béla Bartók: The significance of folk music to modern music. John Cage: The Use of Noise. Pierre Boulez: Schoenberg is dead. 12. Music of the Sixties. Changing patterns of consumption and the challenge of Pop.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Attendace - 6 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 84 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 60 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The knowledge of English (or German or French) and its music terminology enabling students to read musicological books and to discuss the musicological topics with musicologists from abroad.
Acquired knowledge: Knowledge of foreign language music and musicological terminology. Acquired skills: An ability to understand foreign language musicological texts. Acquired qualifications: The student is able to acquire information needed for their study and work also in foreign musicological publications and foreign language internet sources.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam, Written exam, Analysis of linguistic

Elaboration of a Czech abstract of 1.5-2 pages from an English original (study or part of a 15-page text).
Recommended literature
  • Další literatura podle muzikologického zaměření a jazykové vyspělosti studenta..
  • (1999). Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.. Kasel-Basel.
  • (1982). Larousse de la musique. 2.. Paris.
  • (2001). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London.
  • Líznerová, Zora. (1992). Musicology. Praha.
  • Pravdová, Marie; Pravda, Miroslav. (2008). Francouzská konverzace. Praha: Fortuna.
  • Vičar Jan - Vičarová Eva. (2013). Academic English for Humanities. Musicology. Olomouc.


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