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Organ and its Place in catholic Liturgy
Flamíková, Eva ; TŮMA, Jaroslav (advisor) ; POPELKA, Josef (referee)
Throughout the history the organ has become a musical instrument of the Catholic Church temple. It has become a sacred instrument celebrating the God fully reflecting His majesty.
During its historic development in the Catholic Liturgy the role of organ kept being restated as well as the expression of its sound.
There has always been a lot of place for art in the Catholic Church. The organ as a musical instrument of the temple has become an integrated part of its beauty, nobility and dignity. Changes in the history bring changes into art, church and humanity and sometimes it can be seen that the two inseparable parts of life ? the profane and religious are put in contradiction. Then it is important to vindicate the value and position of the temple in life and so the existence of the liturgical instrument ? the organ.
In spite of certain skepticism attacking liturgical congregations and their importance defending voices of popes, organists and believers themselves can still be clearly heard. They speak about a great value we have inherited from famous composers but also about life of our ancestors who have built organs to bring their spirits closer to the God and the truthful life. It is very important to spread this tradition in the present days too.
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Štefan Németh-Šamorínsky: Life and Work of Art
Flamíková, Eva ; Tůma, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Hora, Jan (referee)
The Slovakia of the early 20th century was experiencing something like a musical rebirth with a new promising generation of composers and interpreters. Bratislava, by then not so quite well-known as of today, became a centre of the Slovakian culture. The role of the new musicians was difficult as they started virtually out of nothing with a support of just a few well-educated teachers. One of the personages I will cover in my thesis, focusing on his work, is Štefan Németh Šamorínsky. He was the student of Alexander Albert, who discovered in him en extraordinary natural talent. Béla Bartok, a Budapest music master and composer helped young promising Németh with both organ play and composition. Németh´s musical growth and works are connected with Bratislava, where he worked as an organist and chorus-master in the St. Martin´s Cathedral. hismusical sense is incredible. He establishes new chorus and orchestra and he goes on composing, his works culminating with his masterpiece - Bratislava Mass. This composition captures his musical and personal growth, as well as Bratislava social environment. I hope that my thesis will make the public more familiar with the so far not so well-known Stefan Németh and his example will serve as an impulse for Slovakian musical renaissance.
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