Basic institutional forms of Czech choral singing from the Middle Ages to Romanticism. Choir and cantata works by Czech composers. The most important personalities and ensembles from the field of choral interpretation. Folk songs as an integral part of the historical development of national music in the context of social development. A deeper understanding of the specific features, types and areas of folk culture contributes to the ability to interpret a folk song in aesthetic value both in singing and in instrumental stylization. Theoretical knowledge is supplemented by music notes and recordings of folklore.
Last update: Stříteská Leona, PhDr., Ph.D. (05.01.2024)
Basic institutional forms of Czech choral singing from the Middle Ages to Romanticism. Choir and cantata works by Czech composers. The most important personalities and ensembles from the field of choral interpretation. Folk songs as an integral part of the historical development of national music in the context of social development. A deeper understanding of the specific features, types and areas of folk culture contributes to the ability to interpret a folk song in aesthetic value both in singing and in instrumental stylization. Theoretical knowledge is supplemented by music notes and recordings of folklore.
Last update: Stříteská Leona, PhDr., Ph.D. (05.01.2024)
Aim of the course
To grasp the history of world choral singing in its broadest possible sense, from the birth of Renaissance polyphony to the nonartistic music of the 21st century.
To perceive the differences of different historical periods in the field of ensemble or choral singing.
To become familiar with the major composers of choral music and their most important works.
To be provided with a collection of approximately 1000 annotated choral works that can serve as a universal resource when composing a choral program.
To learn to recognize different historical styles by listening.
To be able to generate programs for different types of choirs and nasambles, for various secular or liturgical occasions.
Last update: Stříteská Leona, PhDr., Ph.D. (05.01.2024)
Literature -
Garretson, Robert L.: Choral Music: History, Style And Performance Practise. ISBN-13: 978-0131371910
Homer, Ulrich: A Survey of Choral Music. ISBN-13: 978-0155848634
Brinson, Barbara & Demorest, Steven: Choral Music Methods and Materials. Cengage, 2014, ISBN: 1133599664
Howard May Brown: Music in the Renaissance, ISBN-13: 978-0134000459.
Christopher Hogwood: Georg Friedrich Haendel, ISBN: 978-80-7429-474-7.
Gebhard, Hans: Harenberg Chormusikführer. Dortmund : Harenberg, 1999. 1023 s. ISBN 3-611-00817-6.
ROWLEY, G. The Book of Music. MacDonald Educational Ltd. And QED Ltd., 1977.
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. E. Sadie, NY /London
Last update: Stříteská Leona, PhDr., Ph.D. (05.01.2024)
Garretson, Robert L.: Choral Music: History, Style And Performance Practise. ISBN-13: 978-0131371910
Homer, Ulrich: A Survey of Choral Music. ISBN-13: 978-0155848634
Brinson, Barbara & Demorest, Steven: Choral Music Methods and Materials. Cengage, 2014, ISBN: 1133599664
Howard May Brown: Music in the Renaissance, ISBN-13: 978-0134000459.
Christopher Hogwood: Georg Friedrich Haendel, ISBN: 978-80-7429-474-7.
Gebhard, Hans: Harenberg Chormusikführer. Dortmund : Harenberg, 1999. 1023 s. ISBN 3-611-00817-6.
ROWLEY, G. The Book of Music. MacDonald Educational Ltd. And QED Ltd., 1977.
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. E. Sadie, NY /London
Last update: Stříteská Leona, PhDr., Ph.D. (05.01.2024)
Syllabus
A) FOLK SONG
1. Definition of folklore regions in the Czech Republic. Vocal and instrumental type of folk song.
2. Types of folk songs. Kramar songs and folk songs. Language and form of folk songs.
3. History of collecting. The earliest folk song collections and collectors up to the beginning of the 19th century. Gubernatorial collection. Folk song collecting in the 19th and 20th centuries.
4. K. J. Erben and his collecting. Folk song and poetry from the collections of K. J. Erben in choral works.
5. Fr. Sušil. Folk song and poetry from the collections of F. Sušil in choral works.
6. L. Janáček. Folk song and poetry from collections in the choral works of L. Janáček.
7. Folk song as a part of customs and traditions.
8. Folk song as an inspiration of important composers and a matrial of artistic music.
9. Folk dances in Bohemia and Moravia.
10. Czech folk culture as part of the UNESCO Intangible Heritage.
11. Czech and Moravian carols - collections, choral arrangements.
12. Credit hour.
B) CHORAL SINGING, CHORAL AND CANTATA MUSIC FROM GREGORIAN CHANT TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
1. Franconian vocal polyphony
2. Orlando di Lasso, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
3. Renaissance in England, Spain and Germany
4. The transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque
5. Claudio Monteverdi
6. Early and Middle Baroque
7. J. S. Bach, G. F. Händel
C) CHORAL SINGING, CHORAL AND CANTATA WORK OF THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES
Organizational forms of choral singing in the Romantic period, especially in Germany.
German composers of the Romantic period: F. Schubert, R. Schumann, F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, A. Bruckner.
Important composers in other countries, mainly in France and Russia (P. I. Tchaikovsky, S. Rachmaninov), as well as F. Liszt, G. Verdi.
Important composers of the 20th century: B. Britten, F. Poulenc, A. Honegger, C. Orff, Z. Kodály, S. Prokofjev, O. Messiaen, A. Pärt, L. Bernstein, A. Ligeti, P. McCartney, etc.
Last update: Valášek Marek, doc. Mgr. MgA., Ph.D. (06.01.2024)
