H60034l History of Music III (20th century)

Faculty of Music
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Petr Lyko, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Petr Lyko, Ph.D. et Ph.D.
Music Theory Department – Dean’s Office – Faculty of Music – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Supplier department: Music Theory Department – Dean’s Office – Faculty of Music – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Prerequisites
A basic overview of the development of the history of European music.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 26/50, only registered: 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Acquaintance with the development of artificial music primarily on the European continent in the 20th century, understanding the development of musical trends in the context of their style and with regard to the development of compositional techniques.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
-define the essence of the development of European artificial music of the 20th century,
-to define these developmental trends in music through key compositional techniques and aesthetic approaches,
-determine these specifics based on listening to a musical example,
-to integrate specific musical events (at the level of individual composers and their work) into the broader developmental context of European music of the 20th century.
Syllabus
  • 1) The situation after the Second World War and the emergence of New Music.
  • 2) Multiserial composition.
  • 3) Electroacoustic / electronic and concrete music.
  • 4) Timbre music.
  • 5) Other compositional approaches (Messiaen, Nono etc.).
  • 6) Pathern music I (Young, Reich, Riley).
  • 7) Pathern music II (Glass et al.).
  • 8) Postmodern turn in the seventies – stylistic and compositional starting points and basic characterization.
  • 9) Musical creation in the postmodern period I.
  • 10) Musical creation in the postmodern period II.
  • 11) Microinterval music – work by A. Hába.
Literature
  • Lexikony - New Grove Dictionary, Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Riemann Musiklexikon. info
  • ADORNO, Theodor Wiesengrund. Philosophie der neuen Musik. Tübingen : 1949. info
  • BÁRTOVÁ, Jindra - SCHNIERER, Miloš - ZOUHAROVÁ, Věra. Dějiny hudby. Brno - České Budějovice : Jihočeská univerzita , 1997. info
  • ČERNUŠÁK, Gracian. Dějiny evropské hudby. Praha : SNKHLU, 1964. info
  • DIBELIUS, Ulrich. Moderne Musik II. 1965-1985. München : Piper 1994. info
  • HELFERT, Vladimír. Česká moderní hudba. Olomouc : Index, 1936. info
  • EINSTEIN, Alfred: Od renesance k hudbě dneška. Praha : Supraphon , 1968. info
  • KOHOUTEK, Ctirad. Novodobé skladebné směry v hudbě. Praha : SHV, 1965. info
  • NAVRÁTIL, Miloslav. Dějiny hudby : přehled evropských dějin hudby. Ostrava : Scholaforum, 1996. info
  • SCHNIERER, Miloš. Dějiny hudby. Brno : JAMU, 2007. info
  • SCHNIERER, Miloš. Hudba 20. století. Brno : JAMU, 2005. info
  • SMOLKA, Jaroslav a kolektiv. Dějiny hudby. Brno : Togga , 2001. info
  • STUCKENSCHMIEDT, H. H. Neue Musik : Zwischen den beiden Kriegen. Berlin , 1951. info
  • ŠTĚPÁNEK, Vladimír. Francouzská moderní hudba. Praha : Supraphon , 1967. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, seminar discussion, listening to A/V examples.
Assessment methods
Exam – form of oral interview.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Credit evaluation note: 3 z 5.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Pro úspěšný zápis předmětu si zaregistrujte též odpovídající předmět v zimním semestru (podle předpokladu "EVER")
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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