Course: Music Analysis

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Course title Music Analysis
Course code KMU/AHS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
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.
  • Stratilková Martina, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Keprt Marek, doc. MgA. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Foundations and Methods of Musical Analysis 2. Contrapuntal Form and Transformations of the Fugue Principle Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in F-sharp Minor, BWV 883; Anton Reicha: Fugue No. 22, A-C. 3. Sonata-Rondo Form and Its Variants Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 333, third movement. 4. "Bar-by-Bar" Analysis and the Ambiguity of Formal Interpretation Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3, second movement. 5. Haydnesque Monothematicism and Motivic Working in a Sonata-Form Movement Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in C Major, Hob. XV:27, first movement. 6. Thematic Affinity and the Tectonic Structure of a Romantic Sonata-Form Movement Bedřich Smetana: Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 15, first movement. 7. Developing Variation and the Revision of Musical Form Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio in B Major, Op. 8, first movement - original version. 8. Developing Variation and the Revision of Musical Form Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio in B Major, Op. 8, first movement - revised version. 9. The Integration of a Multi-Movement Cycle into a Single-Movement FormVítězslav Novák: Piano Trio No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 27, Quasi una ballata. 10. Transformations of Motivic Working in Early Twentieth-Century Music Leoš Janáček: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905. 11. The Organization of Pitch Material in an Impressionist Composition Claude Debussy: L'isle joyeuse. 12. Multi-Layered Musical Structure in Twentieth-Century Music Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 14 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 35 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course introduces students to the fundamental methods of music analysis, applied primarily to chamber and piano music from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Its aim is to develop students' ability to independently explore the structure of a musical work, identify its formal, tectonic, thematic, harmonic, contrapuntal, rhythmic, and textural organisation, and understand the interrelationships between the individual components of musical structure.
To get acquainted with the analytic approaches and gain the basic terminological knowledge. To acquire the ability to individually evaluate and use methods for a musical work analysis. To apply the newly acquired knowledge on any musical work. To obtain the ability to evaluate the musical work in terms of its technical devising and invention.
Prerequisites
Reliable orientation in the doctrine of musical forms and tectonics, harmony and counterpoint.
KMU/ANAL1
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KMU/ÚDHA
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KMU/ÚHK

Assessment methods and criteria
Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary), Seminar Work

1. A detailed analysis of a composition assigned by the instructor, to be presented by the student in class. The student is required to prepare study materials for the other students in the seminar. 2. Successful completion of a mid-term and a final test. 3. A minimum attendance of 75%.
Recommended literature
  • Bent, I. D., Pople, A. Analysis. In: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians..
  • Cook, N. A Guide to Musical Analysis. Oxford 1994..
  • Černý, Miroslav K. (2002). Nástin vývoje symfonie od počátku do poloviny 20. století. Olomouc.
  • DE LA MOTTE, DIETRICH:. Musikalische Analyse. Kassel 1990.
  • Fukač, J., Holubová, E. (1997). Analýza. In: Fukač, J., Vysloužil, J. (eds): Slovník české hudební kultury. Praha.
  • Hons Miloš. (2005). Hudba zvaná symfonie. Praha.
  • Hons Miloš. (2011). Hudební analýza. Praha.
  • JANEČEK, Karel. Hudební formy. Praha: SNKLHU, 1955..
  • Janeček, Karel:. Hudební formy, Praha 1955..
  • JANEČEK, KAREL:. Hudební formy. Praha 1955.
  • JANEČEK, KAREL:. Tektonika. Nauka o stavbě skladeb. Praha 1968.
  • Janeček. Smetanova tvorba komorní. Praha. 1984.
  • KOHOUTEK, CTIRAD:. Hudební styly z hlediska skladatele. Praha 1976.
  • Křupková, Lenka. Ke kompoziční práci Vítězslava Nováka na materiálu komorních děl. In: Studie ze života a díla Vítězslava Nováka. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2006, s. 11-108..
  • Křupková, Lenka. (2006). Studie ze života a díla Vítězslava Nováka. Olomouc.
  • KÜHN, Clemens. Analyse lernen. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1999..
  • Očadlík Mirko. (1965). Svět orchestru. Praha.


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 (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2022) Category: Theory and history of arts 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2026) Category: Theory and history of arts 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2026) Category: Theory and history of arts 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2026) Category: Theory and history of arts 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer