Study programmes

Musicology has been an established academic field among the humanities at most European universities since the latter half of the 19th century. As the 20th century progressed, the discipline took root and developed in the US and a number of other countries all over the world. At Prague university, it has been continuously practiced since 1865. Our current degree programme in musicology aims to equip students with the basics of the discipline’s methodology, music theory and analysis, music historiography (Western art music before and after 1600), cultural analysis of music and ethnomusicology. Seminar methods of teaching are preferred to frontal lecturing in our courses and an individual approach is emphasized in all our classes.