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French harp Virtuoses and their compositional Contribution
Mousa Bacha, Hedvika ; BOUŠKOVÁ, Jana (advisor) ; ZELENKA, Milan (referee)
Master´s Thesis - French Harp Virtuoses and Their Compossitional Contribution - is focused on a harpist, since the invention of single action harp, starting with Jean-Pierre Bauer to Dominiga Bouchaud, the harpist who represents the second half of the twentieth century. These artists often came from harpist families in which this craft ( harp), like in other fields was inherited to next genaration. The French virtuoses were active solo and chamber players, pedagogues, theorists and innovators of harp mechanism. They contributed to the expansion of harp repertoire, thanks to their original works as well as transcription of works that were not originally written for harp. The´ve written many harp´s methods, which have helped in improving technigue of many students, these methods are still in use not only in France at present time. Henriette Renié, Marcel Grandjany, Carlos Salzedo, and other virtuoses inspired other artists to create music for this instrument by their highly artistic qualities.Among the composers who had been charmed by the sound of harp were C.Debussy, A.Roussel, M. Ravel, A.Ginastera, A.Caplet and many more...
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