Musical Instrument as an Extention of Voice and Expressional Potential 3106-IMjM-OG
The lecture is dedicated to interpretations of music instruments as a both self-sufficient and complementary world of music in organic union with vocal potential of human beings. This topic is discussed in relation to music history, anthropology of music and ethnomusicology. There will be presented as well as ancient texts on musical instruments as contemporary ethnotheories made out from field research. The lectures will focus on anthropomorphic aspects in the instruments’ construction, terminology and performance practice regarding also problems of musical aesthetics and specificity of folk and professional instrumentarium.
Type of course
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Holistic understanding of instrumental music in synergy with vocal tradition as interpreted in history of music and ethnomusicological reserach.
Assessment criteria
Evaluation based on attendance and texts written individually pertaining to contents of the lecture.
Bibliography
A vast literature on musical instrumentology in different languages cited in the course of particular lectures.
Additional information
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