Renaissance music practice 3106-PraMR-OG
The purpose of this course is to get knowledge on selected issues related to renaissance music through the practical contact with them (singing musical pieces, learning basics of counterpoint and mensural notation).
The course will include:
- performances of vocal pieces (mainly from facsimile editions / digital reproductions of music sources)
- introduction in the mensural notation
- introduction in the basics of renaissance counterpoint
- audial analysis of recordings of selected pieces (with elements of discussion on the performance practice issues)
- presentation of selected on-line databases linked to renaissance music (digital libraries, catalogues, professional websites).
The topics and material discussed during this course are addressed mainly to students of 1st year of musicology, as a kind of supplement to the history of renaissance music. There is, however, no obstacle in participation of students of other years or different fields. The participants should be able to read music notation and have basic singing experience.
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Term 2023L:
The purpose of this course is to get knowledge on selected issues related to renaissance music through the practical contact with them (singing musical pieces, learning basics of counterpoint and mensural notation). The course will include: The topics and material discussed during this course are addressed mainly to students of 1st year of musicology, as a kind of supplement to the history of renaissance music. There is, however, no obstacle in participation of students of other years or different fields. The participants should be able to read music notation and have basic singing experience. |
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Type of course
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student:
- knows basic forms and genres of renaissance music
- knows basic principles of the renaissance counterpoint and is able to apply at least some of them to improvise a polyphonic setting of a melody
- is able to read mensural music notation in order to transcribe and/or perform the piece
- knows how to use selected digital libraries, databases and scientific websites connected to the renaissance music
- is able to perform selected pieces of renaissance music
- is aware of changes of musical forms and genres during the Renaissance
- is aware of the importance of renaissance music to the European culture
- is aware of different trends in contemporary performance practice of early music
Assessment criteria
Presence (1 absence during the semester is allowed), active participation
Bibliography
literature will be given during the course