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History of Popular Music 1
FEKT-JDP1Acad. year: 2017/2018
An overview of genres and styles of popular music - including knowledge of important soloists and groups - focusing on blues, jazz and jazz rock in general, New Age, country, country-pop, bluegrass, and gospel.
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
- name and describe the origins of popular music, blues and their roots,
- describe briefly styles and personality of jazz music,
- describe the principles of jazz rock and name its main representatives,
- explain the nature of country, country-pop and bluegrass musical styles,
- describe the style of gospel music and its roots,
- characterize the New Age movement.
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
- Lectures consist of an explanation accompanied by the listening of music recordings and their analysis.
Participation in lectures is recommended.
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Course curriculum
2 – 5 Jazz.
6 – 7 Jazz rock.
8 – 9 Country.
10 Country-pop.
11 Bluegrass.
12 Gospel.
13 New age.
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Poledňák I. Úvod do problematiky hudby jazzového okruhu. Učební text, UP Olomouc, 2005.
Schnierer M. Přehled vývoje populární hudby. Učební text, JAMU, Brno, 2013. (CS)
Trojan J. Moravská lidová píseň. Supraphon, Praha, 1988. (CS)
Vysloužil J. L. Janáček o lidové písni a lidové hudbě. SNKLHU, Praha, 1955.
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