Course: Czech-German Relations in Music

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Course title Czech-German Relations in Music
Course code KGER/CNVH
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Jehličková Jarmila, Mgr.
Course content
1. Introduction and general historical overview. 2. Czech-German musical contacts from the early medieval to the Baroque 3. German Baroque music and Czech musical emigration in the 18th centuru 4. Classicism in German and Czech music I 5. Classicism in German and Czech music II 6. Romanticism in German and Czech music 7. Richard Wagner and his influence on Czech music 8. Bedřich Smetana, Antonín Dvořák, and Zdeněk Fibich 9. Gustav Mahler, Anton Bruckner, and Richard Strauss 10. German musical life in the first half of the 20th century in Bohemia and Moravia; Leoš Janáček and Max Brod 11. Interpretative relations between the two countries in the 20th century

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
This course concerns Czech-German relations in music, against a background of general history. We will proceed chronologically, and examine those stages in the development of music that involved significant and mutual cultural inter-penetration, i.e. the influence of German musical discourse on Czech music, and the inspiration drawn by German composers from Czech and Moravian music. The course will involve listening to excerpts.
The student - Knows the basic stages in the development of German and Czech music, and the main figures - Can place the development of classic music into the wider general historical context - Can detect mutual cultural influences from German to Czech (and vice versa), as well as influences from literature (i.e. adapting literature to music)
Prerequisites
No prerequisites

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
To obtain credit - Active and regular participation - Completion of all assignments - The successful passing of a final exam.
Recommended literature
  • Keil, W. Musikgeschichte im Überblick. München, 2012.
  • Kolektiv autorů. Kde domov můj. Stopy německo-české vzájemnosti v 19. a 20. století.. Dresden, 1999.
  • Seibt, F. Německo a Češi. Dějiny jednoho sousedství uprostřed Evropy.. Praha, 1996.
  • Smolka, J. Dějiny hudby, TOGGA, Praha 2001.
  • Wenig, J. Byli v Praze. Praha: SHV, 1962.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Intercultural German Studies (A14) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer