History of Music - OEB2308415

• Title: History of Music I
• Guaranteed by: Katedra hudební výchovy (41-KHV)
• Faculty: Faculty of Education
• Actual: from 2021
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, C+Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: cancelled
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: PhDr. Magdalena Saláková, Ph.D.
• Class: Předměty v angličtině - bc.; Volitelné předměty pro PS
• Incompatibility : OB2308156
• Interchangeability : OB2308156
• Is incompatible with: OB2308156, OPBH2H115A
• Is interchangeable with: OB2308156, OPBH2H115A

Annotation

Last update: SOLCM1AF (01.09.2011)

History of Music I (the first part of the lecture cycle History of Music I-IV): A study of the development of western music from its beginnings through the end of the Rennaissance period. Emphasis will be placed on developing a thorough knowledge of music literature. The objective of History of Music I-IV is for the student to gain an understanding of the development of western music from the earliest known sources until the present day. The course will include the study of both sacred and secular music in all genres. It will place a strong emphasis on listening to and identifying various styles of music. Upon successful completion of the course History of Music I, students will be expected to: •Demonstrate a basic knowledge of significant composers and works related to Western music through 1600 •Apply understanding of stylistic trends through aural recognition and analysis of representative works •Identify the various genres of music and trace their development through the major historical periods •Understand and describe the development of instruments throughout music history •Analyze music composed in different time periods and assess stylistic features that are characteristic of each period •Analyze representative works and evaluate how music was shaped by broad political, cultural, and economic trends and by the values of the society that produced it •Evaluate the impact of past musical developments on present-day musical practices

Descriptors

Last update: PhDr. Magdalena Saláková, Ph.D. (01.10.2020)

Distance learning (an educational option that allows students to earn credits from anywhere) is going to be provided via:

• Video-presentations and streams of tutors classes - students will obtain links at the time of casual classes via email 
• Online consultation will be held at the time of casual classes / WhatsApp, Messenger, Skype (individualy)
• Additional materials like handouts = "Correspondence Courses" that allow students to receive their educational materials by mail and in turn, return any completed assignments by mail

Literature

Last update: SOLCM1AF (01.09.2011)

Burkholder, J. Peter, Donald Jay Grout and Claude V. Palisca. A History of Western

Music (8th ed.). New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2010

Burkholder, J. Peter, and Claude V. Palisca, eds. Norton Anthology of Western Music (6th ed.): Volume I: Ancient to Baroque. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2010.

Gleason, Harold and Warren Becker. Music in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (3rd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Frangipani Press, 1981.

Wold, Milo Arlington and Edmund Cykler. An Outline History of Music (7th ed.). Chicago:

University of Chicago Press, 2007.

Requirements to the exam

Last update: SOLCM1AF (01.09.2011)

REQUIREMENTS FOR CREDIT:

1.ATTENDANCE. Regular attendance is essential and expected. Maximum of absences: 3 per a semester. Concepts are cumulative and absences will increase the difficulty of the course. Students should contact the instructor prior to any planned absence.

2.EVALUATION. Students will be evaluated through a few Minor Exams during the semester and a Final Exam. Successful completion: 60%.

3.WRITING. Student will write a Term Paper (2 pages) which will be handed in by the last class meeting before the Christmas time. Topics will be discussed at the first class meeting.

Syllabus

Last update: SOLCM1AF (01.09.2011)

Course Outline:

I. Music in Antiquity

II. The Christian Church and the First Millennium

III. Roman Liturgy and Chant

IV. Song and Dance Music in the Middle Ages

V. Polyphony through the Thirteenth Century

VI. French and Italian Music of the Fourteenth Century

VII. Music and the Renaissance

VIII. England and the Burgundian Lands in the Fifteenth Century

IX. Franco-Flemish Composers, 1450-1520

X. Sacred Music in the Reformation Era

XI. Madrigal and Secular Song in the Sixteenth Century

XII. The Rise of Instrumental Music