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Prepared Piano
Žigmundová, Adriana ; MALÝ, František (advisor) ; TOPERCZER, Peter (referee)
The object of this work is not only the prepared piano itself. The main content became an adjustment of the modern piano in the context of the time when this unusual instrument was invented. The most important benefit is the sound characteristics of the modified strings inside the piano. A prepared piano is one of several results, to liberate music from the shackles of conventionality. The aim of this thesis is a description of prepared piano as an instrument. An essential part is the development of the piano from prehistoric times to the present and insight into the evolution of music in the 20th century. Attention is also paid to inventor of prepared piano - John Cage. Chapter, named after one of the biggest american composers of the 20th century, is trying to explain the composer´s compositional technique and his progressive thinking and to adequately and comprehensively encompass the idea of the prepared piano. In the end, this work is the intention to map the literature that was written for prepared piano.

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2 Zigmundová, Alena
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