From music history issues 3106-ZAHIM-KON

The classes are monographic in nature. Their subject matter, although it may vary, should generally concern issues related to
research on the broadly understood history of music from the Middle Ages to the 21st century, from a modern methodological point of view and in line with the most
the most recent findings in this sphere. The aim of this course is to bring students closer to the most important trends in current research on the
history of music, to present the latest research methods in the history of music, and against this background - to present the latest achievements of the
lecturers of the Institute of Musicology of the University of Warsaw in this area. The classes are designed to nurture the classically understood historical musicology
at the graduate level. The selection of topics depends on the lecturer's own ideas.

Term 2023Z:

None

Term 2024Z:

The subject of this year's edition are the musical traditions of old Silesia considered from the perspective of cultural institutions in which various forms of sound art were cultivated. The most important institutions for cultivating music there included diocesan and monastic churches, Evangelical and Reformed congregations, humanist circles and educational institutions of various levels, ensembles subordinated to the administration of city magistrates, and bands of princes and dignitaries of church hierarchy. The mentioned cultural institutions will be discussed from a diachronic perspective, which will allow tracing the dynamics of historical processes of tradition modification and drawing conclusions.

Type of course

obligatory courses

Course coordinators

Term 2024Z:

Tomasz Jeż

Term 2023Z:

Szymon Paczkowski

Learning outcomes

1. Acquiring extensive knowledge on musical culture institutions examined from a local and universal perspective;
2. The ability to confront historico-musical phenomena from various historical periods and cultural institutions;
3. Ability to analyze and interpret source texts relating in different way to the history of music.

Assessment criteria

Attendance at class is a prerequisite for passing the course. Two absences per semester are allowed regardless of the reason. Excessive absences (maximum 5) may be compensated by extra work indicated by the instructor. Credit for absences is necessary before taking an examination.

The course concludes with an examination in which the general knowledge of the subject discussed in class is tested. The examination grade is the final grade for the course..

Practical placement

ND.

Bibliography

Literature adapted to the realisation of the subject in individual cycles and is given in the course description in the respective cycle.

Term 2023Z:

None

Term 2024Z:

Gustav Bauch, Geschichte des Breslauer Schulwesens in der Zeit der Reformation, Breslau: Verein für Geschichte Schlesiens 1911 (Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae, 26);
Emil Bohn, Die musikalischen Handschriften des XVI und XVII Jahrhunderts in der Stadtbibliothek zu Breslau, Breslau: Commissions-Verlag von Julius Hainauer 1890;
Antonio Chemotti, The Hymnbook of Valentin Triller (Wroclaw 1555). Musical Past and Regionalism in Early Modern Silesia, Warsaw: Instytut Sztuki PAN 2020;
Fritz Feldmann, Die schlesische Kirchenmusik im Wandel der Zeiten, Lübeck: Unser Weg 1975 (Das evangelische Schlesien, Band 6, Teil 2);
Paweł Gancarczyk, Petrus Wilhelmi de Grudencz i muzyka Europy Środkowej XV wieku, Warszawa: Instytut Sztuki PAN 2021;
Lothar Hoffman-Erbrecht, Geistliche Musik in Schlesien, Dülmen: Laumann-Verlag 1988;
Lothar Hoffman-Erbrecht (ed.), Schlesisches Musiklexikon, Wißner-Verlag 2001;
Tomasz Jeż, Kultura muzyczna jezuitów na Śląsku i ziemi kłodzkiej (1581–1776), Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Sub Lupa 2013;
Tomasz Jeż, Śląska Republika Muzyki. Muzyczne imaginaria nadodrzańskich humanistów, Toruń: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu im. Mikołaja Kopernika 2024;
Anna Mańko-Matysiak, Schlesische Gesangbücher: Eine hymnologische Quellenstudie, Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego 2005;
Remigiusz Pośpiech, Muzyka wielogłosowa w celebracji eucharystycznej na Śląsku w XVII I XVIII wieku, Opole: Redakcja Wydawnictwo Wydziału Teologicznego Uniwersytetu Opolskiego 2004;
Hans Adolf Sander, Beiträge zur Geschichte des Lutherischen Gottesdienstes und der Kirchenmusik in Breslau. Die lateinischen Haupt- und Nebengottesdienste im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert, Breslau: Priebatsch 1937;
Rudolf Walter, Musikgeschichte des Zisterzienserklosters Grüssau: Von Anfang des 18. Jahrhunderts bis zur Aufhebung im Jahre 1810 Kassel etc.: Bärenreiter 1996 (Musik des Ostens, 15);
Barbara Wiermann, Die Entwicklung vokal-instrumentalen Komponierens im protestantischen Deutschland bis zur Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts (Abhandlungen zur Musikgeschichte, 14), Göttingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht 2002.

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