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The Phenomenon of Colour
Čáp, Rebecca ; Krajný, Boris (advisor) ; Šimonková, Dagmar (referee) ; Klánský, Ivan (referee)
In my thesis I will explore the phenonemon of colour. The first chapter deals with the historical developement of colour, the developement of Colour Organs and the psychological properties of the eleven basic colours. Chapter II explores the rare phenonemon of Synaesthesia, the mixing of senses: the ability to see colours when listening to music, or when reading letters or numbers. Many composers, musicians and authors had this ability. I will explore in depth two composers who gave prominence to colour in their compositions: Alexander Skriabin and Olivier Messaien. Chapter III deals with Claude Debussy, the great "Painter in Music", who composed highly coloured compositions and was hugely interested in visual art. In the last chapter I will discuss various pianists and their views on piano sound and the production of colour.
The Appendix contains charts illustrating the psychological properties of keys and various contrasting colour - key analogies. There are also many drawings and photographs.
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Introduction to Music kinesiology
Smitková, Lucie ; Krajný, Boris (advisor) ; Klánský, Ivan (referee)
Music kinesiology makes use of the same methods as Applied kinesiology which links knowledge of traditional Chinese principles with Western medicine and psychotheraphy. Kinesiology is a study of movement, it is a system of diagnosis based on the theory that most of the muscles in the body have a common link with the nerve pathways which control organs, glands, bones and blood circulation. Weakness of a muscle can signify a problem in other part of the body. Using muscle testing the kinesiology facilitator can identify a primary dysfunction and feedback directly from the body indicates what is required to correct to improve the stressfull situation.
Music kinesiology occupies with energy flows in the body, tries to release energy blockages and tone energy flow. In addition to muscle test takes advantage of integration of cerebral parts, time regression likewise colours, symbols and motion exercise.
It has been intended for professional musicians as well as for amateurs, music students and teachers. It offers help with solving typical problems, designates the underlying causes of bockages and reduce tension at performance. It also offers new ways of daily practice, music expression and seeks unison of body, soul and spirit. This work renders the meaning of areas necessary for understanding its topic - meridians, cerebration, etc. It includes topics as creativity, artistic motivation, musical beat, relation between colour and sound. Besides it brings a different view to intervals, keys, stage fright, phases of performance, relation between audition and music and acceptation of criticism. On the top of this there are some music-kinesiology exercises.
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Occupational disorders related to piano playing
Lukášová, Dorota ; Malý, František (advisor) ; Krajný, Boris (referee) ; Klánský, Ivan (referee)
The present dissertation is study of injuries and other occupational disorders related to piano playing. It will described anathomy andfysiology of pianist´s hands. The symptoms of these ailments will be described and the causes investigated. Pianist´s problems often appear siple but, as I will try to show, they may have complex ramifications and be of different origins. Various therapies and treatments will be presented.
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Bohuslav Martinů-Piano works-Sonata for piano
Mašek, Michal ; Leichner, Emil (advisor) ; Šimonková, Dagmar (referee) ; Krajný, Boris (referee)
I devoted my bachelor thesis to the great Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů. The theme is "Bohuslav Martinů - piano works - Sonata for piano". I will write about life of the composer, about famous and outstanding solo piano works and the most of time I will devote to composer´s Sonata for piano number 1, written in 1954. Than, I will try to explain what means truly or ideal interpretation in my mind.
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Piano works inspired in drama works by William Shakespeare
Budínská, Šárka ; Malý, František (advisor) ; Toperczer, Peter (referee) ; Krajný, Boris (referee)
This work, which is called "Piano works inspired in drama works by William Shakespeare" is mainly focusing on two the most important piano compositions based on Shakespeare - The piano suite from ballet Romeo and Juliet of Sergei Prokofiev and The study to Shakespeare´s scene - Macbeth and the witches of Bedřich Smetana. In their analysis included in this work I particularly tried to concentrate on the layer of meaning of their reciprocal musical and literarily - dramatic context.
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Jan Ladislav Dusík - Piano Works
Kapr, Robert ; Leichner, Emil (advisor) ; Langer, Miroslav (referee) ; Krajný, Boris (referee)
Jan Ladislav Dussek as an intermediary between classicism and romanticism. Brief characteristics of 18th-Century music, three essential periods, important personalities. Brief view of history of piano as a musical instrument. Differences between using harpsichord and clavichord, hybrid instruments, Bartolomeo Cristofori and first hammer-action keyboard instruments, Viennese and English hammer action. Piano schools in Vienna and London, different approaches to piano technique. Jan Ladislav Dussek and his contribution both to world?s piano literature and to performing. Dussek as a piano teacher. Traces of romanticism in his piano works (concerning melody, rhythm, harmony, composition form and piano texture) demonstrated on examples and compared with works by Ludwig van Beethoven and later composers.
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The Phenomenon of Piano Tone Color
Jurčík, Vlastimil ; Krajný, Boris (advisor) ; Šimonková, Dagmar (referee) ; Malý, František (referee)
This work deals with the question of how we are able to objectively observe changes in the piano's tone color according to changes in the pianist's touch. The intension of this work is to demonstrate to the reader, a thorough comparison of data and information so that the phenomenon at hand can be understood in depth, rather than superficially. In order to achieve this it is necessary to find basic elements pertaining to the matter, analyse them and apply them to an audible model. To do this one must analised the characteristic of tone color, the piano's mechanism, and finally the psychology of the listner's perception. In order to support certain logical considerations, the results of several modern experiments are reviewed which are however unable to replace one's logical conclusions.
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Bohuslav Martinů: Piano works
Doležel, Ladislav ; Leichner, Emil (advisor) ; Langer, Miroslav (referee) ; Krajný, Boris (referee)
In this work I tried to describe Bohuslav Martinů´s works for piano with concentration on one of the high composition of his heritage - Fantasy and Toccata.
In the introduction, I mentioned my motivation for writing this paper.
The first chapter is brief discuss about Bohuslav Martinů´s life.
The second chapter is focused on development of Bohuslav Martinů´s works for piano through his life. I tried to point out on width and diversity of his piano works.
Third chapter introduce clearly organized list of piano works line up according to year appearance and opus number from Halbreich catalogue. At the beginning is a brief introduction and then list of solo piano works divided into two cathegories compositions from youth and mature compositions (which appears at the beginning of his Paris period).
Fourth chapter makes up list of concertant works with solo piano.
Fifth chapter is overview of compositions for two pianos. Sixth chapter bandy about overview by works for keyboard instruments such as cemballo and organ works. In the following, seventh, chapter, I was dealing with main works for piano and analysing conditions which related to their appearance. Eighth chapter is focused on concrete master work - Fantasy and Toccata. I describe circumstances of emergence, note pianist - Rudolf Firkušný - the composition is dedicated for and analyse the work . Ninth chapter is supplement of previous chapter and describe other compositions, which appears in same time as Fantasy and Toccata. At the conclusion I write about value and importance of understanding for Bohuslav Martinů ´s work.
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