Course: 17th- and 18th-Century Music 2

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Course title 17th- and 18th-Century Music 2
Course code KMU/S17K2
Organizational form of instruction 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)
  • Krejčová Kristýna, Mgr.
  • Spáčilová Jana, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The course is designed to complement an introductory lecture on music of the 2nd half of the 18th century. It combines a listening seminar with student presentations - analytical explorations of the repertoire. 1. Introduction - definition of the period, key characteristics 2. Opera buffa (Giovanni Battista Pergolesi) 3. French opera (Jean-Philippe Rameau) 4. Opera seria and its reform (Christoph Willibald Gluck) 5. Singspiel (Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf) 6. The galant style (Johann Joachim Quantz) 7. Empfindsamkeit (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach) 8. The Birth of the Symphony (Jan Stamic) 9. The String Quartet (Joseph Haydn) 10. The Symphony (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) 11. The Piano Sonata (Ludwig van Beethoven) 12. Italian Opera in the Czech Lands (Josef Mysliveček)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 24 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 25 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The mission of the lecture is to introduce to students the stylistic and developmental trends in European music in the 2nd half of the 18th century.
Obtaining of the reliable orientation in the historic, stylish, functional, aesthetic and theoretical issues of music of music from the second half of the 18th century.
Prerequisites
Overview of the Music History.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Written exam, Student performance, Seminar Work

The regular visit of the lessons. The seminary work.
Recommended literature
  • Bartel, Dietrich. (1997). Musica Poetica: Musical-Rhetorical Figures in German Baroque Music. Lincoln.
  • Einstein, Alfred. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Život a dílo. Praha. 2018.
  • Freeman Robert. Josef Mysliveček: Život a dílo. Praha. 2022.
  • Kouba Jan. (1988). ABC hudebních slohů. Praha.
  • Michels Ulrich. (2000). Encyklopedický atlas hudby. Praha.
  • Poštolka, Milan. Mladý Joseph Haydn. Jeho vývoj ke klasickému slohu. Praha. 1988.
  • Rosen, Charles. The classical style : Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven. London. 1997.
  • Smolka Jaroslav. (2001). Dějiny hudby. Brno.
  • Šišková, Ingeborg. Dějiny hudby. IV., Klasicismus. Praha. 2012.
  • Taruskin Richard. (2000). The Oxford History of Western Music, Vol. 2, The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Oxford.
  • Trojan Jan. (2001). Dějiny opery. Litomyšl.
  • Ulrich, Michels. (2000). Encyklopedický atlas hudby. Klasicismus. Praha.


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