Course: Theory and History of "Popular Music"

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Course title Theory and History of "Popular Music"
Course code KHV/XTDNH
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 7
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)
  • Krejčí Filip, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Luska Jiří, prof. PaedDr. CSc.
Course content
The contents of the subject correspond with the stipulated goals of this subject.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
Familiarization oneself with various kinds of "Popular Music", i.e. Afro-American folk music, traditional popular music, and also contemporary Pop Music, Chansons, Musicals and Jazz. Most attention is focused on the last-mentioned subject, its history and selected theoretical issues.
Knowledge covering the subject.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

A student prepares written theses for the exam on: 1. one thematic area that they choose from the structure of the field of Theory and History of NAH according to I. Poledňák (POLEDŇÁK, I. Theory and History of NAH. In Lébl, V., Poledňák, I. (eds.) Musicology III. Prague: State Pedagogical Publishing House, 1988). 2. A second topic that corresponds with the issue of their doctoral dissertation either in content or methodology. The length of the written theses for the exam is a total of 4 standard pages. The student also attaches a list of studied literature from the theory and history of NAH, including at least 10 titles. Three titles must be in a foreign language (E, N).
Recommended literature
  • Lébl, V. - Poledňák, I. a kol. (1988). Hudební věda II. (kapitola Teorie a dějiny NAH). Praha: SPN.
  • Matzner, A., Poledňák, I., Wasserberger, I., ed. (1983). Encyklopedie jazzu a moderní populární hudby I-III. Praha.


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