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BRAHMS VIOLIN CONCERTO D MAJOR - COMPARISION OF PERFORMANCES
Bačovský, Tomáš ; MATOUŠEK, Bohuslav (advisor) ; ČEPICKÝ, Leoš (referee)
The bachelor ́s thesis is focused on music details in Brahms ́s violin concerto D major. The thesis describes differences between chosen
performances and gives information about creation of details.
The thesis is divided into 4 main chapters. The first and the second chapters are about biographies. The first chapter is dedicated to Brahms ́s life in
period of composing the concerto. In the second chapter you can find artist ́s biographies. The third chapter describes musical form of the
concerto. The fourth chapter deals with the main topic of the bachelor ́s thesis – comparing of performances.
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Chamber music of Bohuslav Martinů in his paris period
Sedlář, Patrik ; MATOUŠEK, Bohuslav (advisor) ; KUDELÁSEK, Pavel (referee)
This bachelor thesis mainly should help to examinate the compositional style of Bohuslav Martinů by analyzing his Sonata for flute, violin and piano, but also to orientate in Bohuslav Martinů chamber music written during his Paris period.
The thesis is divided into five chapters. The first chapter, which is divided into two subchapters, summarizes live and work of Bohuslav Martinů and his chamber music during his Paris period. Each following chapter contains harmonical and tectonic analysis of individual sonata movements. These chapters are also divided into subchapters (the first subchapter is always providing general characteristic and basic information about particular movement). Each of subchapters brings the analysis of selected big parts of sonata movements.
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Pavel Haas: Chamber Works with Violin
Petříková, Šárka ; PAZDERA, Jindřich (advisor) ; MATOUŠEK, Bohuslav (referee)
The Master’s thesis Pavel Haas: Chamber Works with violin looks into his three string quartets in the context of this composer’s life. It evaluates Haas’s composing style and his visions, and generally takes it in the context of his era.
The thesis is focused on his String Quartet Number One C Sharp Minor, String Quartet Number Two „From the Monkey Mountains,“ and String Quartet Number Three Op. 15. It consists of a brief history of its premieres, analysis and a special chapter about the difficulties of interpretation. The next chapter is about the comparison of recordings, which includes the first contemporary recording made by The Hawthorne String Quartet, the recording of Kocianovo kvarteto as a representative of traditional Czech chamber music school and the recordings of two Czech young generation quartets, Pavel Haas Quartet and Bennewitz Quartet. One of the chapters is focused on Pavel Haas’s Quartet, which is named after him.
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Violin Concertos by J. Sibelius and B. Bartok No. 2 - interpretations of Isaac Stern, Gil Shaham and Viktoria Mullova
Al-Ashhab, Milan ; ŠTRAUS, Ivan (advisor) ; MATOUŠEK, Bohuslav (referee)
This diploma thesis is focused on comparison of performance styles of three
world class violinists – Isaac Stern, Gil Shaham and Viktoria Mullova. This
comparison is achieved by a detailed analysis of interpretation of two selected
violin concertos of different characteristics. From individual details we shall
conclude overall violin performance characteristics of individual violinists.
The thesis consists of three chapters. The first one deals with brief
autobiography of the composers and violinists. The topic of the second chapter is
a comparison of actual interpretation of violin concert by Jean Sibelius, the third
one compares the interpretation of Bartok’s second violin concert.
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Bohuslav Matoušek: violinist by body and soul
Junek, Jakub ; MATOUŠEK, Bohuslav (advisor) ; ŠTRAUS, Ivan (referee)
This thesis introduces to its readers artistic and professional life of Bohuslav Matoušek, outstanding renowned czech violinist and pedagogue. It also describes his great successes in the field of music recordings, the most it zooms on recording and production of the complete works of Bohuslav Martinů for concertante violin (and viola). This extraordinary set of complete works by Martinů had a great success worldwide, because of that I also attach excerpts of reviews and critique from abroad.
These are followed by listing the most significant solo recordings and some
of the interviews for Czech press. At the very end this thesis contains an analysis
of Mr. Matoušek‘s recording of the violin concerto in D major Op. 77 by Johannes
Brahms from 1988.
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Stephane Grappelli - life and work, violin technique
Ferenc, Marko ; PANOCHA, Jiří (advisor) ; MATOUŠEK, Bohuslav (referee)
The goal of bachelor thesis on topic „Stephane Grappelli – life and his work, violin technique“ is an attempt to give a closer look on interesting and diverse life of Stephane Grappelli, his various aspects, which had, in a flow of time, influence for the birth of the jazz violin discipline and without any doubts on one of the best jazz violin players in a history. Since his early years in orphanage, influence of his bohemian father, through music school and artistic environment of the parisien Montmartre, followed by his engagement with Gregorians, Quintet of the Hot Club of France, cooperation with Django Reinhardt up to other significant life moments, throughout which, the violin technique, described in the following part of the theses, used by Grappelli during his plays, has been dynamically evolved, and which gaves the solid ground for violin improvisation, which from his work, not tangible and complete in pieces, but a perfect guidance for jazz violinist od today´s era.
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Julia Fischer - a personality and profil of the artist
Chrastilová, Dominika ; ŠTRAUS, Ivan (advisor) ; MATOUŠEK, Bohuslav (referee)
Julia Fischer is today recognised as one of the world's leading interprets.
At her young age she has already performed at all the famous concert halls over the world. She has collaborated with many renowned conductors and excellent musicians.
In addition to her busy concert schedule Fischer's other prioritized occupations became teaching as well as professional solo piano and playing with a string quartet.
Next to her professionaly successful life she manages to be a wife and a mother of two children.
I would like to concentrate in my thesis on the period of her studies but also to all the important additional aspects of her musical career.
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Aram Khachaturian violin concerto with orchestra
Michalová, Pavla ; PAZDERA, Jindřich (advisor) ; MATOUŠEK, Bohuslav (referee)
This thesis deals with the violin works of Aram Khachaturian. My thesis is divided
into six chapters. In the first chapter I present a brief biography and basic
overview of his works. The next chapter deals with the Violin Concerto. In the
following chapter I compare different interpretations of Violin Concerto. In the
last two chapters I write concisely about other violin works of Khachaturian –
Sonata for Violin and Piano, Dance for Violin and Piano, Song – Poem, Nocturno
and Rhapsody – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra.
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THE GREAT VIOLINISTS OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY
Zrostlík, Jan ; ČEPICKÝ, Leoš (advisor) ; MATOUŠEK, Bohuslav (referee)
The thesis is focused on introducing most distinguished personalities of violin playing during the first half of 19th century era, considering their playing style and overall contribution to the violin playing. It introduces individual violinists according which of the foremost violin school of that time they belonged to. That means French-Belgian, German and Italian school. The extra attention is intended for character of Niccolo Paganini as a most original and innovatory personality who enriched especially technical aspects of violin playing. Finally, it briefly introduces several important violinists of the following period who successfully and significantly continued where their violin ancestors had finished.
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Bohuslav Martinů: Suite Concertante for violin and orchestra
Takahashi, Hiroko ; MATOUŠEK, Bohuslav (advisor) ; KOTMEL, Bohumil (referee)
The topic of the present thesis is Suite Concertante for violin and orchestra composed by Bohuslav Martinů. I have attempted an inguiry into the eventful life of Bohuslav Martinů ( 1 st chaper), into the background and details of origin of the individual versions of the piece ( 2 nd chapter) and into other pieces composed by Martinů for violin ( violin concertos, sonatas, other pieces for violin and piano and lost works )(4 th chapter),.I have also analyzed the structure of Suite Concertante for violin and orchestra and compared the two versions ( 3rd chapter).I have used my own interpretation of the second version during the graduation concert on February 7 th 2015. I am convinced that studying materials regarding Bohuslav Martinů as well as performing of the second version during the graduation concert will be a source of inspiration for my further interpretations of Suite Concertante and other works by Martinů.
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