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Interpreting J. S. Bach's Piano Partita No. 2
Ulmanová, Denisa ; Gregor, Vít (advisor) ; Palkovská, Jana (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to provide basic orientation in the context of Bach's Piano Partitas, their content and composing strategies Bach's music encompasses in general. In the opening of the thesis, there is a brief summary of the composers's biography aimed on the moments that are connected to the creation of the partita. Hence, the work is described in detail, each part is commented on and demonstrated in short extracts of music. The author of the thesis then explores, comments and compares various interpretations and recordings made by great piano and harpsichord female personas such as Martha Argerich, Tatiana Nikolayeva and Zuzana Ruzickova. A very important chapter of this work is the one that deals with historical musical instruments (clavichord, harpsichord, organ) as opposed to usage of a modern piano and the specifics of interpreting baroque music on a keayboard instrument such as melodic ornaments, dynamics, articulation and so on. The author also refers to her personal practical experience with this piece of music and discusses it from the interpretational and pedagogical point of view. KEYWORDS Bach, Partita no. 2, interpretion, polyphony, suita, piano, harpsichord, Argerich, Nikolayeva, Ruzickova
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Education of the Visually Handicapped Youth Focusing on Music Education -(Deylák Phenomenon)
Červený, Jiří ; Palkovská, Jana (advisor) ; Douša, Eduard (referee) ; Gregor, Vít (referee)
The introduction and the first two chapters inform us about the method, goals and the reason of my longitudinal study in the community of visually impaired music teachers. It reminds us the beginning and the current state of that instituts and special schools, which were designated for an education of a blinded and severely visually impaired youth in the Czech lands and Slovakia in recent times. At the same time, we hear about some of the current changes that relate to the Jan Deyl Conservatory and Secondary School for the visually Impaired Students, subsidised organisation and to the music education of the visually impaired youth. The next chapters deals with the results of my longitudinal study in the field of the professional use of severely visually impaired music teachers (the graduates od KJD). These teaches offer us their own experiences and attitude to the inclusive and special education and to the subsequent integration to the major society. Keywords: the visually impaired, special music schools, Jan Deyl Conservatory and Secondary School, inclusion, integration, music teacher.
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Artistic-pedagogical Legacy of Alena Fišerová
Böhmová, Andrea ; Tichá, Libuše (advisor) ; Gregor, Vít (referee)
The Diploma Thesis is a presentation of the notable Czech piano teacher Alena Fišerová, who spent all her professional life at the "Vzorová hudební škola" (Model Music School) in Voršilská Str. in the borough of Praha 1. The first part of the Thesis focuses on her family background and childhood. Her studies and professional life are also described. This information is mostly based on witness accounts and memories of her former pupils and friends. Exact data was verified using personal documents available and the chronicles of the Vzorová hudební škola. The Thesis follows in detail her method of teaching the piano as well as the contribution that she presented in her day and time. Alena Fišerová did not leave her mark in piano pedagogy as a teacher alone but also as the creator of many sheet music compilations, either alone or in collaboration with others. The best-known titles out of her publishing activities are the Album etud I. - V. (Album of Études, vol. I - V), to this day possibly the most commonly used compilations at the Základní umělecká škola (Fine Arts School) in the Czech Republic. This works is the subject of detailed analysis and description in the following chapters. All five volumes of the Album etud are introduced and selected études from vol. I and II are analysed with regard to...
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The Role of Self-Regulation, Quantity of Practice and Self-Efficacy in Self-Assessment and Improved Performance among Lebanese and Czech Piano Students
Agopian, Vartan ; Gregor, Vít (advisor) ; Palkovská, Jana (referee) ; Sanders, Edel (referee)
This work studies the role of self-regulation and self-efficacy during piano practice in improved self-assessment and performance, since in the last couple of decades, research has shown that number of hours of practice is not the only predictor of improved performance. Piano students at the Beirut and Prague conservatories wrote weekly journals assessing their self-regulation during practice for nine months and then performed in an exam, in addition to filling an online questionnaire. Results showed that students self-regulated mostly using the method and social factors dimension. Moreover, although students in Prague performed a harder repertoire, they were not better in self-regulation compared to the students in Beirut, except for the time dimension of self-regulation. A list of self-regulatory behaviors is presented at the end of the work, in addition to the implications for music educators and piano students and the contributions to the field of music education in terms of preparation for performance in the absence of a teacher. Keywords piano pedagogy, practice, self-assessment, self-efficacy, self-regulation
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Čestmír Gregor: The Piano Compositions of the Composer
Veličková, Magda ; Gregor, Vít (advisor) ; Palkovská, Jana (referee)
In my thesis, I introduce a complete list of piano works by Čestmír Gregor, a contemporary Czech composer of modern classical music. 1 have tried to define his compositional techniques and sources of inspiration by analysing the individual pieces of music. I have found that the major features of the author's highly unique style are polyphonic thinking, the development of motives from small nuclei, expressive themes, plastic tunes, inventive work with rhythm, and the absence of a tonal centre which he compensates for by distinctive melodies . The author finds his inspiration in folklore, especially Moravian (Leoš Janáček), the works of Czech interwar avantgardě (Pavel Borkovec) and in jazz (Jaroslav Ježek). His music reflects the emotional states of a man living in the twenty-first century whose life style is predominantly determined by an urban environment. Gregor does not use any of the Musica Nova theories, instead he founded his own music language. The basis for his compositions is communicative music, which follows the patterns of human perceptive psychology. Gregor's concertant compositions are typical for a new instrument stylization and nontraditional attitudes towards instrument virtuosity (playing with a palm, elbow; an unconventional fingering). His piano sonatas and concerts enable the...
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