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Course: Sociology of Music

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Course title Sociology of Music
Course code KMU/SOK
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 unspecified
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)
  • Attendace - 9 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 25 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 41 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 25 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course focuses on terminology, theoretical concepts, techniques and methods of music sociological research. Attention will be also paid to interpretation of seminal texts and practical training.
Acquire knowledge: The student knows basic concepts of music sociology, its key texts and principles of musical-sociological empirical research. Acquired skills: 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
Written exam, Student performance

1. Before the commencement of face-to-face teaching, students are required to study the course material specifically prepared for the combined mode of study: KŘUPKOVÁ, Lenka. (2013). Kapitoly z hudební sociologie. Olomouc: VUP. 2. Preparation of a Seminar Paper Based on a Selected Study in the Sociology of Music (5 pages). 3. Preparation of a Practice Sociological Research Project in Music, including a Research Report
Recommended literature
  • HUDEBNÍ SOCIOLOGIE, In: Hudební věda I-III, Praha 1988.
  • Adorno, Theodor, W. (2009). Schéma masové kultury. Praha.
  • 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.
  • De la Motte-Haber-Neuhoff, Hans, red. (2007). Musiksoziologie. Laber.
  • DISMAN, Miroslav. Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost. Praha 1998..
  • Gülke, Peter . (1975). Mönche, Bürger, Minnesinger. Leipzig.
  • Heister, H. W. Das Konzert. eorie einer Kulturform. Wilhelmshaven 1982..
  • Kaden, Christian. (1993). Des Lebens wilder Kreis. Musik im Zivilisationsprozeß. Kassel.
  • Kaden, Christian. (1997). heslo ?Musiksoziologie?, MGG (2. vydání, Sachteil sv. 6, s. 1618-1670). Kassel.
  • 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. 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..


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Palacký University Olomouc, date of update: 02.09.2026 23:53. Data created for academic year 2026/2027