Course: Music Literature for Adult Choirs

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Course title Music Literature for Adult Choirs
Course code KHV/75210
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kuželka Vladimír, doc. PaedDr.
Course content
1st ? 4th The lectures introduce students to key works of choral literature for adult choirs by local and foreign composers of all stylistic periods, styles and genres. Due to the immense breadth of this choral literature, the main content of the course is to outline the possibilities and methods of self-sorting sheet music materials according to defined criteria for their subsequent use with a certain type of choir on a given occasion. 5th ? 8th Penetration into the issue of choral singing both theoretically and practically. Orientation in the selection of choral literature with regard to the artistic maturity of the given choral ensemble. Selection of compositions according to the canon of choral compositions for the state final exam. 9th - 14th Samples of audio recordings of selected compositions with simultaneous monitoring of choral scores. Analysis of selected choral recordings. Selection of compositions according to the canon of choral compositions for the state final exam. Cooperation with choral bodies at choral competitions and festivals - acquisition of choral literature. Dramaturgy of song selection.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The lectures introduce students to key works of choral literature for adult choirs by local and foreign composers of all stylistic periods, styles and genres. Due to the immense breadth of this choral literature, the main content of the course is to outline the possibilities and methods of self-sorting sheet music materials according to defined criteria for their subsequent use with a certain type of choir on a given occasion.
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Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Attendance, preparations, presentations.
Recommended literature
  • Archiv Unie českých pěveckých sborů, nabídky hudebních vydavatelství (např. Katalog hudebnin českých nakladatelství TALACKO - hudebniny..
  • Cantus - čtvrtletník pro sborové umění.
  • Internetové portály: www.ucps.cz, www.singers.com, www.enoty.eu atd..
  • Nejširší spektrum sborové notové literatury z oblasti vážné i populární hudby..
  • Burešová, A. Cantus iuventutis, Univerzita Palackého, Olomouc, 2002.
  • Stašek, Č. Učíme se zpívat ve sboru, Panton, Praha, 1960.
  • Uherek, M. Zpíváme ve sboru. Praha: SPN, 1985.


Study plans that include the course
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