Course: Musical Forms and Tectonic

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Course title Musical Forms and Tectonic
Course code KMU/HFK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Blüml Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Keprt Marek, MgA. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Content and Methods of the Study of Musical Forms. 2. Music Performance, Its Components and Aspects. - the division of a composition, parts and particles of a composition, sections - the delineation and connections of parts of a composition 3. Structure of Compositions, Tectonic Functions of Music, Blocs of Music. - building functions of parts of a composition - functional types of music 4. Music Thoughts. Motive, Theme. - the definition of a motive, theme - the typology of motives, themes - the limitation of a motive, theme - the work with a motive, with a theme 5. Periodic and Non-periodic Movement. - the definition of a movement and period in music - the movement structure - types of finales - a movement in vocal and instrumental music - irregularities in a movement 6. Small and Large Two Part and Three Part Form - small and large two part form without a repeat - small and large three part forms with a repeat - widened and narrowed small and large forms - the use of small and large forms - bar form 7. Polyphonic Forms - fugue - ricercar - fughetta, fugato 8. Variations - counterpoint variations - forms of variations: strict and loose variations, the process of variations 9. Suite - the development of the Baroque suite - parts of the Baroque suite - the modern suite 10. Sonata Form - the development of sonata form, historical types - sonata exhibition, performance, and rerun - Beethoven's five part sonata form - sonata form in a sonata cycle - sonata form in an instrumental concerto 11. Rondo - small Couperin rondo - simple large rondo - sonata rondo 12. Combined and Loose Forms - multiple movements in one movement - loose forms

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
  • Homework for Teaching - 50 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 9 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 25 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 41 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Students will acquire the knowledge of musical forms of the European music and methods of formal analysis. Tectonic issues of musical composition are also discussed.
Acquired knowledge: The student: - knows basic form types of European music, methods of musical-form analysis and regularities of musical architecture; - has a command of necessary theoretical terminology. The student is: - able to carry out a form analysis of classical-romantic music and some polyphonic forms; - able to describe the tectonic process of a work; - able to find and name motivic relations in the structure of a work. Acquired qualifications: The student is able to use acquired knowledge and skills in a complex analysis of a musical work that is dealt with in the courses Analysis of Music Compositions 1 - 3.
Prerequisites
Approval of courses Harmony 1 and 2, Elementary Music Theory

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Student performance

Recommended literature
  • Atmann, Günter. Musikalische Formenlehre. München 1989..
  • DE LA MOTTE, DIETRICH:. Musik Formen. Augsburg 1999..
  • Janeček, Karel:. Hudební formy. Praha 1955.
  • Janeček, Karel:. Tektonika. Praha 1968.
  • K. B. Jirák:. Nauka o hudebních formách. Praha 1985.
  • Kühn, Clemens. Formenlehre der Musik. Kassel 1999..


Study plans that include the course
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