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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Thematic Areas: Characteristic features of 1970s rock music (stylistic and generic differentiation, the issue of the so-called popular avant-garde) The phenomenon of progressive rock (social, cultural, and other prerequisites) The concept album and rock opera Progressive rock and rock journalism Progressive rock and classical music Progressive rock and jazz The reception of progressive rock Neo-progressive rock and post-progressive rock Key rock styles and genres associated with the concept of progressive rock: Psychedelic rock, underground (key artists, works, and aesthetics) Hard rock (key artists, works, and aesthetics) Art rock (key artists, works, and aesthetics) Prog rock (key artists, works, and aesthetics) Jazz rock (key artists, works, and aesthetics) Krautrock and avant-rock (key artists, works, and aesthetics)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Listening
- Attendace
- 26 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 30 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 14 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 30 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to understand the Anglo-American rock of the seventies of the twentieth century; in particular, its so called progressive currents (hard rock, art rock, progressive rock, jazz, rock, concept album, rock opera, rock as a synthetic art, etc.). Through selected chapters and case studies (also with the help of a series of audio-visual demonstrations), students will be familiarize with historical, aesthetic and theoretical issues of progressive rock; they will also be introduced to the broader socio-cultural meanings and functions. Observed phenomena will be placed within the broader context; they will be viewed through the lens of contemporary scene (rock 'discourse'): rock and multimedial art, rock and polystylistics, rock-classical fusion, socio-critical functions of rock.
Student will gain knowledge about the specifics of rock music of the 1970s. Student will understand the specifics of each rock style of the given era, he will be able to define these styles, to compare them and to put them into musical context.
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Prerequisites
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Student should be basically acquainted with the general history of music, also with history of popular music.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam, Student performance
Attendance, knowledge of literature and the issues discussed in the course of the lectures, at least 60% in the final exam (listening) test
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Recommended literature
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BLÜML, Jan. (2017). Progresivní rock: světová a československá scéna ve vybraných reflexích. Praha.
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COVACH, John. What's That Sound?: An Introduction to Rock and Its History. W. W. Norton & Company.
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NICHOLSON, Stuart. (1998). Jazz-Rock: A History.
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