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An Unknown Source in the Archive of the Prague Conservatory. Chamber Music in František Švestka's House (1842-1864)
Esterlová, Tereza ; Ottlová, Marta (advisor) ; Gabrielová, Jarmila (referee)
This diploma thesis interprets the anonymous Inventory of Chamber Compositions, which is held in the Archives and Library of Prague Conservatory. It informs about the conditions of performing the repertory from this source between 1843 and 1864. In comparison with other sources the author of this manuscript was identified. His biography is contained in the second chapter. The content of the manuscript is analyzed and compared with the repertory performed in other bourgeios houses and Prague public concerts. Apart from the relevant literature the period critical concert reviews and further archive sources are taken into consideration. The discovered Inventory of the compositions performed in JUDr. František Švestka's house is one of the few sources which prove reception of similarly demanding repertory among non-professional instrumentalists in the 19th century. Key words: 19th century, Prague, chamber music, music societies, non-professional musicians, František Švestka, Moritz Mildner, music in salons, concert programmes, the Bohemia journal
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The Violin Technique of Emanuel Ondříček in Perspective of 19th-century Violin Education
Esterlová, Tereza ; Ottlová, Marta (advisor) ; Gabrielová, Jarmila (referee)
Violin instruction books are important sources of knowledge about the situation regarding Czech violin interpretation in the early 20th century. This bachelor's thesis deals with the publication The Mastery of Tone-Production and Expression on the Violin from 1929 by Czech violinist and pedagogue Emanuel Ondříček. In order to compare evidence from violin schools with performance practice, results from research into Czech periodicals, which give evidence of the nature of Ondříček's activity as a concert violinist are discussed. Through analyses of Ondříček's instructive pieces the author attempts to define the bowing technique, articulation and techniques for producing dynamics in the violin playing of Emanuel Ondříček. Findings are compared with concepts from master violin teachers' pedagogies written in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Two different ways of applying violin bowings, which result from the comparison, are examined in connection with the concert repertoire of violin performers.
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