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Giovanni Manzuoli and his vocal profile of the 1760s
Havlíčková, Magda ; Niubo, Marc (advisor) ; Gabrielová, Jarmila (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the personality of Giovanni Manzuoli (1720-1782), the singing castrato. The thesis summarises the present knowledge and reconstructs his singing career on the basis of his known opera performances. The text focuses on the last decade of Manzuoli's artistic career which offers the richest source base for interpretation, including commentaries about performances and records of the amount of the honorarium. The fundamental part of the thesis is a repertoire analysis which had been composed bespoke for Manzuoli. Selected arias from 1760s are analysed mainly through the prism of singing technique and interpretation of that time. The result of this analysis is an outline of Manzuoli's vocal profile. Keywords Giovanni Manzuoli, opera seria, castrato, 18th century, vocal profile, arias analysis
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Jan František Novák (?-1771) and his Mass Compositions
Polášek, Vojtěch ; Niubo, Marc (advisor) ; Kapsa, Václav (referee)
This master's thesis concerns the extant masses of Jan František Novák (died 1771), kapellmeister of the cathedral of St. Vitus in Prague from 1737-1758. These masses and their copies are critically examined and subsequently analyzed by focusing on particular types of arrangement as well as in summary. Aspects of musical practice and of the collection of notated music of the metropolitan chapter during Novak's era are also discussed in this thesis.
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F. X. Brixi's Oratorium pro die sacro parasceves
Labudová, Jana ; Niubo, Marc (advisor) ; Slavický, Tomáš (referee)
The thesis deals with the musical and stylistic analysis of the F. X. Brixi's oratorio Judas Iscariothes, that was preserved in the Osek Monastery under the name Oratorio pro die sacro parasceves. The first part of the thesis describes the musical history, preserved music sources and inventories of Osek. The next section deals with the oratorio in Osek. The main point of this chapter is to inventory oratorio productions performed in Osek during the 18th and early 19th century. The key part of the thesis is the musical and style analysis of the oratorio Judas Iscariothes. Appendix contains the edition of this oratorio.
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J. K. Vanhal's Piano Concertos - a comparative study
Pospíšilová, Martina ; Niubo, Marc (advisor) ; Gabrielová, Jarmila (referee)
This thesis is devoted to the keyboard concerto in the second half of the 18th century. The main focus is Johann Baptist Vanhal and selection of his keyboard concertos, the analysis should clarify the position in contemporary production. Comparative context consists of works by four composers - G. Ch. Wagenseil, J. G. Lang, J. S. Schröter and L. Kozeluh. The work includes an introduction to the methodological problems of concerto form and theoretical reflection of period opinion on the issue of the concert.
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Giuseppe Sarti's Operatic Arias in Prague Collections
Kalinová, Nikola ; Niubo, Marc (advisor) ; Šedivá, Eliška (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the occurence of operatic arias of Italian composer Giuseppe Sarti in Prague. The starting point of this work is research of the archive resources of the basic Prague institutions and consequential creating of the list of all available sources. On this basis three most numerous arias are chosen and they are farther remited to musical and textual analyse. Thanks to this analysis it is possible to get closer to Sarti's way of musical composition, in general then to gain evidences of Italina opera during the Classic period. Moreover this analysis provide an opportunity for better understanding of musical conventions and taste in Bohemia in late 18th century. One part of this work is also the overwriting of the selected arias. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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The role of Ezio in the homonymous opera of Ch. W. Gluck (1750)
Vaněk, Jan ; Niubo, Marc (advisor) ; Gabrielová, Jarmila (referee)
(in English): This is a musicological and dramatic analysis of Ezio, an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck. The analysis concentrates on the main character of the opera. The thesis summarises the existing knowledge about Ezio, which had its premiere in the Prague "V Kotcich" Theatre in 1750. Gluck's musical oeuvre is discussed within the period context of opera seria. The thesis also analyses the theme and the libretto of the opera, as well as all the arias sung by the principal character. There is also a chapter which compares two different versions of the opera, i.e the "Prague" version of 1750 and the "Viennese" version of 1763. The thesis analyses the meaning of the main character within the concept of the dramaturgy of the opera as well as the impact of Gluck's music on the nature of the role of Ezio.
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J. B. Vanhal: The Piano Concerto A Major
Pospíšilová, Martina ; Niubo, Marc (advisor) ; Gabrielová, Jarmila (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with piano concerto A major by Johann Baptist Vanhal. The first part deals with life and works of Vanhal. Next chapter describes development of concerto. In the next chapter I describe source of Vanhal s piano concerto A major housed at the National Museum and I analyse Vanhal s piano concerto in A major. The score-transcription of analysed concerto is included in appendix.
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Mass compositions by Antonio Caldara in Prague
Veverka, Karel ; Niubo, Marc (advisor) ; Jakubcová, Alena (referee)
Each of the three parts of the present thesis treats one aspect of researching Antonio Caldara's masses written in Prague. Chapter One maps the current state of research and relevant basic sources on the Czech territory. Chapter Two focuses on a detailed description and following collations of Caldara's seven masses, quite exceptionally obtained from the musical collection of the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star, with other concordant sources. Examples of watermarks and manuscripts can be found in the Attachment. The partial analysis of selected masses described in Chapter Three serves as a complement to the research of sources. Much attention is given to the macro-structural division of mass compositions in relation to the liturgy.
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The Sacred Works of Domenico Sarri in Bohemia
Čermáková, Eva ; Niubo, Marc (advisor) ; Kapsa, Václav (referee)
The diploma thesis contributes to study of the Italian and Czech origins of the sacred music by Neapolitan composers from the first third of the 18th century. The first chapters of the thesis concentrate on classification of manuscripts with music by the Neapolitan composer Domenico Sarri (1678-1744) whose many works have been preserved in Czech music archives. Though Sarri demonstrably was a significant representative of the Neapolitan music production of his time, his work has not yet been adequately explored. This thesis therefore also includes a complete reconstruction of Sarri's psalm Dixit Dominus F major. In the last part of the thesis, this piece is analyzed and compared within the selection of few works by Sarri and his contemporaries with the aim to specify some of the general and individual aspects of Sarri's musical thinking.
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