The latvian academy of culture

THE THEORY AND MANAGEMENT OF CULTURE

C

Choice	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Hours total	Credit points	Lecturer
Rainis			32:2 T						32	2	Prof.G.Bībers
The Theory of Drama			32:2 T	32:2E					64	4	Prof.G.Bībers
Latvian Original Drama in the Years of Soviet Power					32:2T				32	2	Prof.G.Bībers
Introduction to Theatre Semiotics.						32:2T			32	2	Prof.V.Čakare
Together										10

BA STUDY PROGRAMME Part A

IV.Description of the Study Course

The Name of the Course: The History of the World Music from its Origins to the Age of Baroque

The Scope of the Course: 48 academic hours (32 hours of lectures, 16 hours of seminars)

3 credit points. The type of assessment – a test.

The Author of the Course: Prof. Pauls Miervaldis Dambis

Preconditions for the Acquisition of the Course: Skills in the ABC and the history of music. Knowledge of foreign languages.

The Contents of the Course: Listening and the analysis of music: the development of hearing. The objective of the course is to form and strengthen an understanding and assessment of music and promote competence in music.

The Thematic Planning:

II.Theme	III.Week	Type of classes and hours
Introduction. Sound and silence. The music of the Far East.	1	L2
Melody. The music of Tibet.	2	L2;S2
Rhythm. The music of the Far East.	3	L2
The music of Egypt and Greece.	4	L2;S2
The Middle Ages. The Gregorian chant.	5	L2
The Medieval music. Troubadours, trouvères. Theory.	6	L2;S2
The origins of polyphony. The school of Notre – Dame.	7	L2
Motet.	8	L2;S2
Renaissance. G. de Maschaut. G. Dufay. Dunstable..	9	L2
J. Ockeghem. J.Obrecht. The school of the Netherlands.	10	L2;S2
Reformation in Germany. The Protestant chant.	11	L2
The Roman school. Palestrina.	12	L2;S2
The Venetian school.	13	L2
Renaissance.	14	L2;S2
Baroque. H. Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas.	15	L2
J. S. Bach.	16	L2;S2