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Comparison of Systems of Music Education and Training in Selected European Countries
Lojdová, Jaroslava ; Kodejška, Miloš (advisor) ; Palkovská, Jana (referee)
The author compares music-educational systems of selected European countries in her diploma thesis. After thorough study of available expert literature, she realizes a research in three thematic fields: the current state of Music at lower secondary schools, present-day needs of university students majoring in Music and suggestions of EAS national coordinators on improving the quality of music student teachers' training. The research was carried out with music teachers at lower secondary schools, with university music students and with EAS national coordinators, who are university music pedagogues as well. On the basis of her research results, she comments on working hypotheses. The thesis is an up-to-date view of current problems on music education and culture in European countries. It invites music pedagogues to cooperation in solving joint music-pedagogical problems and it brings valuable stimuli for music-educational practice.
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Music as a Medium for the Rapprochement of the Two Communities in Cyprus
Ioannou, Christos ; Palkovská, Jana (advisor) ; Nedělka, Michal (referee)
TITLE: Music as a medium for the rapprochement of the two communities in Cyprus SUMMARY: Special interests, power and money once again arise to keep our island divided. The simple people of Cyprus who used to peacefully live together a few decades ago have lost their trust bringing sadness and desperation to the island. In order to create a climate of trust between the two communities, music and art could rapidly build bridges of rapprochement and peace. The collective Cypriot pasts can teach us a lot. Accordingly in this specific project we would like to identify the music relations between Greek and Turkish Cypriots during the period before and after independence in 1960. History has much to teach us, how people were harmoniously creative and the power of art and especially music could bring the two communities closer. Is music utilized to such an advantage today? Could music be a strong tool for conciliation especially for new generations? KEYWORDS: Coexistence, build peace, reunification, musIc correlations, Cyprus, Greek and Turkish Cypriots, cooperation, interviews, education, bi-communal, rapprochement.
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Musical culture in Cyprus with a focus on the piano works and piano pedagogy
Nicolaouová, María ; Palkovská, Jana (advisor) ; Tichá, Libuše (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the Cypriot music culture and mainly focuses on piano education and piano works. The aim of this work was to introduce the main representatives of Cypriot classical music, the music life on Cyprus and the history of piano education until the present day. A part of the work is also a personal research, carried out by a questionnaire, and a didactic and interpretive insight on the fundamental instructive work Kinderlaunen of the Cypriot pianist and composer Nicolas Economou. The work is divided into six chapters, which draw information from accessible literature and mainly from a research made in this field. The six chapters could be notionally divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. The theoretical part deals with the music history of the island by introducing distinctive personalities of the Cypriot classical music and by mapping the music life on Cyprus. Furthermore, this part deals with the Cypriot music education system and the teaching methods in piano education. The practical part contains the analysis and results of the submitted questionnaire and the didactic and interpretive insight on the instructive piano work of the earlier mentioned Cypriot pianist and composer. Keywords: Cyprus; piano pedagogy; music culture; music education; instructive piano...
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Jan Deyl's Conservatiore and the High School for Visualy Impaired and Employment of his Graduates in their Profession
Červený, Jiří ; Palkovská, Jana (advisor) ; Gregor, Vít (referee)
This thesis is loosely based on the author's previous bachelor thesis, which dealt with beginnings of a systematic care for the blind in the Czech lands in the early 19th century and with development of this care during the 19th and the following centuries. It described the foundation of the current School of Jaroslav Ježek in the Loretánská street in Prague 1, the establishment of the so called Klárův ústav in Prague 4 and of the Jan Deyl Conservatory and Secondary School for the Visually Impaired on Maltese square in Prague 1. The essential part of this work was the tribute to the personality of PhDr. Jan Drtina, who was a pianist, a music educator and for a long period the director of the Jan Deyl Conservatory and Secondary School for the Visually Impaired. The main part of this thesis is a testimony of selected graduates of the Jan Deyl Conservatory and Secondary School for the Visually Impaired who are from different generations and who have various degrees of their visual handicap. This work focuses on their childhood, studies and especially on their employment. Furthermore, this thesis covers attitudes and opinions of former administration members of this special school. The work also informs about the current trend of the integrative education of visually impaired. The attachments describe primarily...
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Clara Schumann. The woman, the artist, the teacher
Šanderová, Jitka ; Palkovská, Jana (advisor) ; Gregor, Vít (referee)
My thesis concerns the life of Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896), a major German concert pianist of the 19th century. It includes a list of her compositions and it describes her activities in piano pedagogy. Through the life of this extraordinary woman, her friends and contemporaries, the thesis provides deeper insights into the overall musical atmosphere of the 19th century. The thesis illuminates the importace of Clara Schumann and her lasting influence on European pianism.
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Piano Works of Vítězslav Novák - usage in education at the music schools
Obručová, Lenka ; Palkovská, Jana (advisor) ; Kopecká, Věra (referee)
The goal of the work Piano Works of Vítězslav Novák is to map out the important part of Czech piano music, to outline possibilities of its usage in concerts as well as in pedagogical practice and to present the results to the wide public. This work wants to use potential and special knowledge of its problems, make an analysis of usage possibilities in performing and pedagogical practice. The work is divided into three parts: the first part introduces Novák's life, the second part offers a list of Novák's piano works. The third part is a selection of author's best pedagogicly applicable works, including didactical analysis and practical tips for use of these compositions.
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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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Piano duets. Historical, theoretical and pedagogical aspects of music
Kozánková, Olga ; Palkovská, Jana (advisor) ; Kopecká, Věra (referee) ; Ardaševová, Renata (referee)
TITLE: Piano duets. Historical, theoretical and pedagogical aspects of music. AUTHOR: Olga Kozánková DEPARTMENT: Music Education Department SUPERVISOR: doc. MgA. Jana Palkovská ABSTRACT: This disertation thesis deals with the history of piano duets including the pedagogical aspects of contemporary education at music schools in the Czech Republic. This theme has not yet been explored in this country. The thesis is divided into two parts. The primary aim of the first part is to determine the earliest mention of piano duet composition and to explore the periods which influenced subsequent development of the subject using deductive, progressive,typological and biographical methods. The author describes the development of duet compositions, including important milestones and personalities, from the turn of 16th and 17th century through the 20th century. The second part of the thesis includes qualitative research using data collected from teachers in the Czech Republic. The research focuses on the educational topic of piano duets within piano education. The results of the research confirm that even though there is a tradition of including this topic in music education, there is only a partial understanding of the subject. This thesis should be beneficial for teachers devoted to the subject of piano duets at music...
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