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Course Topics
Topic
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Course content and assigned readings
Content and Reading Assignment
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Teaching activities and assignments
Teaching Activities and Homework
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Invest time in learning
Student workload expectation
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Classroom lecture
In-class Hours
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before and after course
Outside-of-class Hours
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1
2/18
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National language and its influence on national (artificial) music
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Language and speech,
prozodic means, intonation, melody, rhythm, accent
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handouts, listening, pronunciation
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2
2/25
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Czech artificial and non-artificial music
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Basic division of musical styles, main features and their main representatives, Czech artificial music
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handouts, listening, pronunciation
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3
3/4
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Czech artificial and non-artificial music II.
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Musical styles of pop-music, main features and their main representatives
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handouts, listening, pronunciation
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4
3/11
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Folk dances in famous compositions
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polka, obkročák, furiant, verbuňk (UNESCO),
(Dvořák, A.: Slavonic Dances, Smetna, B.: Czech Dances, Janáček, L.: Moravian Dances)
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handouts, listening, pronunciation
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5
3/18
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Religious liturgical music – choruses, old Czech language
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Saint Wenceslas, Great Moravian Chorale, St. Vitus chorale “Hospodine, pomiluj ny”, Czech Hussite song “Ktož jsú boží bojovníci”
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handouts, listening, pronunciation
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6
3/26
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Czech festive music I. – state ceremonies
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Czech National Anthem by František Škroup
Fanfares from the opera “Libuše” by Bedřich Smetana
Fanfares from the Sinfonietta by Leoš Janáček
Towards a New Life, Festive Sokol March by Josef Suk
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handouts, listening, pronunciation
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7
4/1
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Czech festive music II. – symphonic poems
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The Cycle of Symphonic Poems “My Country” by Bedřich Smetana
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handouts, listening, pronunciation
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8
4/8
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Assignment of topics for final theses and presentations
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9
4/15
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Mid-terms
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Revision, Student´s Presentations and Test
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testing, feedback
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10
4/22
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Music connected with Czech traditions
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Easter and Christmas Carols
Christmas Mass by Jan
Jakub Ryba
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handouts, listening, pronunciation
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11
4/29
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Symphony and Sinfonietta |
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World |
handouts, listening, pronunciation |
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12
5/6
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Czech pop-music
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20th and 21st century ,
main representatives of musical genres
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handouts, listening, pronunciation
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13
5/13
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Czech Musical Festivals, Czech Educational System
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Prague Spring, Dvořák´s Prague, Smetana´s Litomyšl, International Folklore Festival Strážnice, Colors of Ostrava, Bohemia Jazz Fest..
Czech Music Schools
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handouts, listening, pronunciation
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14
5/20
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Kytice by K.J. Erben, poems and music - melodrama
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Poems, comics, film, melodrama of Zd. Fibich: Christmas Day, Waterman, A. Dvořák: symphonic poems: The Noon Witch, The Water Goblin, The Golden Spinning Wheel, The Wild Dove
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handouts, listening, pronunciation
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15
5/27
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Music Composition in Czech Animated Films and film May
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Jiří Trnka, Karel Zeman
Jiří Brdečka: The Master of Czech Animation, KH Mácha
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handouts, listening, pronunciation
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16
6/3
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Czech opera, operetta and Rock Opera I.
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The Devil and Kate by A. Dvořák (Czech Fairy Tales)
The Bartered Bride by Bedřich Smetana
The Cunning Little Vixen by L. Janáček
O Caso Makropulos by L. Janáček and Karel Čapek
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handouts, listening, pronunciation
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17
6/10
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Revising |
revision for the final exam, completion of the final presentation |
home self-study, online consultation |
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18
6/17
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Finals
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Final Exams
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testing and feedback
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