1. European culture and its origin in ancient civilizations, early Middle Ages, Gregorian chant and its influence on the formation of medieval and modern spiritual creation.
2. Development of polyphony in the Gothic period, secular monophonic music.
3. Renaissance as a significant transformation of world view and lifestyle, vocal polyphony in works of Dutch school.
4. Italian Renaissance, transformation of musical style in Roman and Venetian schools; music in the Czech lands.
5. Formation of Baroque style, signs of Baroque music, forms of instrumental music.
6. The development of opera.
7. Main Baroque leaders.
8. Baroque in the Czech lands.
9. Transformations of musical style in the period of Classicism, new musical types and forms.
10. Classical Viennese.
11. Czech musical classicism, musical emigration.

12. Early Romantism.