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Francis Poulenc - Piano work
Františová, Karolína ; KASÍK, Martin (advisor) ; KAHÁNEK, Ivo (referee)
My bachelor’s thesis titled "Francis Poulenc - piano work" is divided into
three main chapters. The first chapter focuses on the composer's life in the
contemporary context. The project also covers mention artistic tendencies in
France during the 20th century and the associated art group Les Six . The second
chapter briefly describes Poulenc's piano language, its expressive and technical
resources. I deal mainly with individual works, their history, complements the
Czech translation of French titles at the complex. For some enclose a
recommendation for the degree of maturity of the piano are determined. In the
third chapter, I mention a chronological overview of solo, chamber and orchestral
piano works . Using this job, I would like to draw attention to the piano works of
Francis Poulenc , which is not broached in concert programs on Czech stages.
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Piano Concerto in G major Maurice Ravel's
Vlasáková, Hana ; KLÁNSKÝ, Ivan (advisor) ; KRAJNÝ, Boris (referee)
Abstract
This thesis deals with Maurice Ravel's Concerto for piano and Orchestra in G major. At first, it makes readers acquainted with important matters in author?s life and then it presents a genesis of the work and its first reception. Overview of the main inspiration sources, which are reflected in Concerto in G major follows. On basis of the analysis of harmony, musical form, piano stylization and comments of the first interpreter of the work, Marguerite Long, are formulated conclusions, important for acquirement of appropriate viewpoints for the proper interpretation. These attitudes are confronted with top performances of this composition, first by Marguerite Long and than by renowned pianists from different countries (Leonard Bernstein, Boris Krajný and Hélène Grimaud). Supplement of this thesis is a CD, which documents a few examples of the basque music, which was one of the main inspiration sources of the Concerto in G major and contents recordings of this piece of all above-mentioned pianists.
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The music Tradition of the Couperin Dynasty
Žáková, Lucie ; MRÁZKOVÁ, Giedre (advisor) ; SPURNÝ, Vojtěch (referee)
My bachelor thesis called The music tradition of the Couperin Dynasty (from the point of view of the harpsichord literature interpretation) deals with the whole Couperin dynasty of musicians, which had almost two-hundred-year tradition.
In the first chapter I have introduced to the reader the historic context of the times, when the Couperins lived and worked.
At the beginning of the second chapter, I point out how the music traditions of XVII. and XVIII. centuries spread in Europe. Further on, the entire second chapter is devoted to the Couperin dynasty from their origin to their exercise at the court and in the centre of events ? at the most prestigious places in Paris. I deal more in detail with all the male and female musicians of the dynasty, their lives and, if preserved, all their work.
The third chapter focuses on three most outstanding representatives of the Couperins - Louis, François le Grand and Armand-Louis. Their distinct styles show music development, changes in music thinking and various use of the instrument in the high period of the harpsichord to its decline and until the end of the harpsichord age. Above all, I try to emphasise their individual contributions to the harpsichord works and music.
In the last chapter, there is a chronological succession of the Couperin organists in one of the most important places in Paris ? at the organist position at Saint Gervais church.
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Theological Mysticism and Symbolism in the Piece "Méditations sur le Mystere de la Sainte Trinité" by Olivier Messiaen
Salvová, Pavla ; POPELKA, Josef (advisor) ; TŮMA, Jaroslav (referee)
The general attribute of Olivier Messiaen´s music is not only his specific musical language, which experiments with time, rhythm, colour, finds inspiration in birdsong, Gregorian chant and music of the exotic lands, but mainly the existence of a non-musical message. The first part of my thesis is introductory. It includes the description of Messiaen´s life and early musical influences, the nature of his musical style, his general musical aims, and an overview of his most important works. In the centre of my effort is the thematic analysis of Messiaen´s late organ cycle Méditations sur le Mystère de la Sainte Trinité (Meditations on the Mystery of the Holy Trinity). That is preceded with an introduction of the background of the piece, sources of inspiration and symbolism used. The main aim is to explore the complexity of Messiaen´s musical and thematic thinking, and to understand the message of the musical material.
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