Course: Composition 2

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Course title Composition 2
Course code KMU/KPR2
Organizational form of instruction Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
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)
  • Keprt Marek, doc. MgA. Ph.D.
Course content
Stylistic exercises: Exposition of a fugue, variations in classical style, various arts of piano-texture, ability to work out piano reduction of scores, instrumentation of piano texture (classical, romantic, impressionistic), one-voice composition for a wind or string instrument, pattern-method, minimal music methods, microinterval composition, composition for prepared piano.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
  • Attendace - 9 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 11 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Basic methods of composition.
The student get a survey of methods of composition work and thinking.
Prerequisites
Good orientation in the problems of harmony, counterpoint and musical analysis.
KMU/KPR1

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

The student works out the given stylistic exercies and compositions of his own.
Recommended literature
  • Arditti, Irvin, Platz, Robert. The Techniques of VIolin Playing/Die Speltechnik der Violine. 2013.
  • Dierstein, Christina, Roth, Michel, Ruland, Jens. Teh Techniques of Percussion Playing- Mallets, Implements and Applications. 2018.
  • Isherwood, Nicholas. The Techniques of Singing/Die Techniken des Gesangs. 2013.
  • Karkoschka, Erhard. Das Schrifftbild der neuen Musik, Celle 1966.
  • Kotek, Miroslav. Bicí nástroje. Praha. 1983.
  • Loudová, Ivana. Moderní notace a její interpretace. Praha. 1998.
  • Nyman, Michael. Experimentálna hudba: Cage a iní. Bratislava. 2007.
  • Rychlík, Jan. Moderní instrumentace. Praha. 1968.
  • Vačkář, Václav, Vačkář, Dalibor. Instrumentace symfonického orchestru a hudby dechové, Praha 1954.
  • Zich, Jaroslav. Orchestrace a sborová sazba, Praha 1986.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2026) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2026) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -