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Petr Eben / Johannes Amos Comenius: The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart
Michalovičová, Ivana ; TŮMA, Jaroslav (advisor) ; HORA, Jan (referee)
This theses deals with the cycle “The Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart” for organ and the reciter, composed by Petr Eben who was inspired by the written artwork of the same name by Johannes Amos Comenius. Eben’s String quartet based on the same literary work is also mentioned.
The content of this thesis includes the biography of both authors, Eben and Comenius. In order to achieve a better insight into the Comenius’s work, the outline of the contemporary political development and its philosophical and religious background is also included.
The contents of several different passages of Comenius’s text are described in more details. These were used by Eben as the foundation for the organ improvisations. The description of individual musical parts of the cycle is also introduced.
This theses also includes the inspirational sources of Eben’s cycle, especially the Comenius’s spiritual songs published in the Amsterdam Hymn Book, as well as the comparison between Eben’s manuscript and available printed versions of his cycle, and available audio recordings of his work.
Last but not least this work also mentions the works of other Czech composers of the second half of the 20th century (i.e. J. Krcek, M. Raichl, A. Tucapsky) who were inspired by the Comenius’s creations (not only by the “Labyrinth”).
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