Course: Musical Notation Critique

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Course title Musical Notation Critique
Course code KMU/KHZK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Spáčilová Jana, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The course is designed as an introduction to the study of musical texts - working with sources, musical-textual criticism, the history of musical notation and an introduction to editorial work. 1. Defining the field 2. Typology of musical sources, relevance, and filiation 3. Thematic catalogues and complete editions 4. Cataloguing musical sources; music archives and libraries 5. Databases of musical sources 6. Source description: study of handwriting and watermarks 7. Types of musical editions 8. Historical paleography 1: tactile and symbolic notation 9. Historical paleography 2: Gregorian chant notation 10. Historical paleography 3: notation of medieval and Renaissance polyphony 11. Musical notation as a source for historically informed performance of 17th- and 18th-century music 12. Practical exercises in transcription, score layout, and editorial practice

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
  • Semestral Work - 25 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide an introduction to the critique of musical notation, the history of musical notation, working with musical sources, and to acquire the basics of editorial practice.
Ability to work in musical departments of museums and archives, editorial activities - especially in the field of historical musical materials.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of general musical theory. Knowledge of instruments, auxiliary historical science, survey of history of music, knowledge of literature on musicology.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Seminar Work

Knowledge of basic concepts and the relevant literature.
Recommended literature
  • Burešová, A., & Vičar, J. (1996). Kritické edice hudebních památek. Praha.
  • Grier, James. The critical editing of music. History, Method, and Practice. Cambridge. 1996.
  • Pulkert, O. (1966). Pokyny ke katalogizaci hudebnin. Praha.
  • Velická, Eva - Bergmannová, Sandra - Berná, Lucie. Rukověť hudebního editora. Praha. 2008.


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