Sylabus
The course consists of three disciplines, which are thematically interconnected. The main part of the course content is focused on ecclesiastical modality and its setting in context:- music theoretical (modality, basics of counterpoint)- intonation and aural analysis- music historicalModality, extended tonality and atonality, basics of counterpoint:1. Ecclesiastical modality2. Modality of folklore, exotic and 20th century modality3. Extended tonality (alterations, chords of non-tertian construction, thickened chords, chordal combinations)4. Free and organized atonality5. Basics of counterpoint Intonation and auditory analysis:1. Churche and exotic modes2. Prepared chromatic tones3. Free onsets of alternate degrees4. Augmented and diminished intervals5. Harmonic cadences with extra-tonal dominants6. Rhythmic exercises (minor and major triplets, two-beat rhythm, irregular division of periods)¨
Anotace
The course integratively includes the following disciplines: music theory, intonation, auditory analysis, history of music. Course contents: basic principles of vocal, instrumental and contemporary counterpoint, non-tertiary chord structure, chord combinations, ecclesiastical and modern European modality, bitonality and polytonality, extended tonality, atonality, seriality, aleatorics.
Analysis and interpretation of instrumental and vocal literature. History of European music - from the beginning to the end of the 16th century, church fashions, vocal polyphony - on a theoretical and practical level.