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The person of violoncellist Hanuš Wihan, history and culture of his time
Matyášová, Helena ; Petráš, Miroslav (advisor) ; Petráš, Miroslav (advisor) ; Bernášek, Václav (referee) ; Hošek, Jiří (referee)
Hanuš Wihan, a concert artist, teacher, and Czech chamber music promoter, the founder of the Czech Quartett and an important representative of the Czech culture of the end of 19th and beginning of 20th centuries is considered to be one of the most outstanding personalities among the worldwide known cellists. The thesis is to remind us of his great personality and work while reflecting the contemporary cultural and historical context of those times. It presents Wihan´s life from his early childhood and years of study, his fifteen year long contract abroad, his exuberant solo and chamber concert career in Bohemia as well as abroad and his teaching practice as a professor of violoncello a and chamber play at Prague Conservatoire. The thesis focuses on Wihan´s work with the Czech Qartett and is partly also dedicated to the relationship between H. Wihan and A. Dvořák and other contemporary artists. Finally the thesis covers the period of Wihan´s stay in Brandýs nad Orlicí.
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Position harp in music by the year 1720
Šebesta, Pavel ; Boušková, Jana (advisor) ; Boušková, Jana (advisor) ; Rak, Štěpán (referee) ; Zelenka, Milan (referee)
Subject those work is position harp in European music by the year 1720, when discovered first pedal- activated systems. The earliest known use of the word hearpe was by Venantius Fortunatus, Bishop of Poitiers, in about 600. Early medieval Latin terminology is also ambiquous. Cithara was used for both lyres and harps, kytharis etc.Confusions as to terminology still existed as late as 1511, when Virdung wrote: What one man names a harp another calls a lyre.The harp's use ranges from reliqious ritual to pure entertainment. Harpists are depicted in royal chambers, salons, banquet scenes and processions as soloists or in ensembles.Harpists have accompanied themselves singing ballads, reciting oral history and epic poetry or accompanying rituals of various types. In the ancient world, solo harpists and harpists in large ensembles were usually men while harpists who played in small chamber ensembles were often women.
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Jaromír Weinberger
Polášek, Matěj ; Snítil, Václav (advisor) ; Snítil, Václav (advisor) ; Čepický, Leoš (referee) ; Pazdera, Jindřich (referee)
The aim of the bachelor thesis Jaromír Weinberger, Life and Work is to offer basic facts about a practically unknown (though important) Czech composer. The text presents probably the most comprehensive list of literature that can be used as a good starting point in later researches. The most extensive part of the work includes biographical data that have not been published in the Czech language in this scope yet. The most important compositions along with the crucial moments of Jaromír Weinberger´s life are mentioned here. Among others special attention is paid to his best known opera Švanda dudák. The work also contains a survey of compositions for violin and piano, as well as a short musical analysis of three parts of České písně a tance for these instruments with some basic aspects of the Weinberger's style. The thesis is finished with personal evaluation of Jaromír Weinberger´s work in the context of the Czech musical culture.
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The stage-fright in the life of musician
Paříková, Barbora ; Malý, Lubomír (advisor) ; Malý, Lubomír (advisor) ; Pěruška, Jan (referee) ; Motlík, Jaroslav (referee)
The main topic of this bachelor thesis is the stage-fright as a music psychological problem. It is structured in sevaral chapters and subchapters where the problems are processed of each of the psychological categories connected with the stage-fright. The results are applied to the concrete life situation of musician. At the end are mentioned possibilities of prevention and elimination of the stage-fright negative influence.
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Solo and chamber literature for double bass in the archives of prague
Otevřel, Tomáš ; Žalud, Radomír (advisor) ; Hudec, Jiří (referee) ; Bernášek, Václav (referee)
The subject of the Bachelor´s thesis is the solo and chamber literature found in the archives of Prague. The obcjective of this work is to map the literature related to double bass in six particular archives. The most important part of this thesis are tables with the results of the research. The found works are listed with signatures for better reader´s orientation and for possible looking up of the material. Different chapters of this thesis inform us of the history of the relevant archives, explain the research methods and describe the found material. It is in essence a self-contained abstract of double bass literature in the city of Prague which might be used (not only) by the bass players as a guide while finding a required title. Last but not least, it is to help to extend their horizons in musical history.
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Violoncello Sonatas by Bohuslav Martinů with a special focus on Sonata No. 3
Virglerová, Zuzana ; Petráš, Miroslav (advisor) ; Veis, Daniel (referee) ; Hošek, Jiří (referee)
My bachelor's thesis deals with three sonatas for violoncello and piano by Bohuslav Martinů, a distinguished Czech composer. In the first part, which gives his brief biografy, I mention crucial moments in his life.Knowledge of these facts is essential for understandingof Martinů's musical expression. The second part describes the circumstances and the time when the sonatas were composed. Included in this part are eminent cellists to whom the sonatas were dedicaded. The third part of my thesis gives an analysis and score extracts of Sonata No. 3 for violoncello and piano.
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