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Musica nihil aliud cum sit nisi docta poesis: Transfers of music-theoretical knowledge between the Czech lands, Upper Hungary and Germany
Pacala, Frederik ; Baťa, Jan (advisor) ; Horyna, Martin (referee) ; Maňas, Vladimír (referee)
This dissertation is a contribution to knowledge of the musical-theoretical thinking of Czech lands and Upper Hungary with background influences of the primarily German university environment in the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century. The first chapter presents all basic requirements of this work together with the current knowledge of musical-theoretical thinking in Czechia and in Slovakia. The following chapter called Non-tractate literary production contains the description of German influence on school regulations from environments of both Czech and Hungarian urban educational systems and methodically analyses possible approaches to humanistic poetry connected with music. The pieces used here are by Matouš Collin, Martin Rakovský, Bartoloměj Cirrinus, Šimon Proxenus and works from other authors a part of Jan the Elder of Hodějov literary troupe. The final chapter directly analyses musical-theoretical production, specifically works by Václav Clemens Žebrácký and mainly the composite volume MS-KŽ 139 from the Lyceum library in Kežmarok, which contains a larger number of units connected with music. From the most significant works there are musical textbooks from Leonard Stöckel and a textbook called De musica created using the structure from a piece by Nicolaus Listenius. This work also...
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Václav Clemens Žebrácký - Idea unionis musicae et poeticae (1617). Edition and analysis.
Pacala, Frederik ; Baťa, Jan (advisor) ; Horyna, Martin (referee)
The main purpose of the thesis is a commented critical edition of treatise Idea unionis musicae et poeticae written by Václav Clemens Žebrácký. The treatise is a written version of the disputation presented on 8 March, 1617 in a great hall of Carolinum. The small print (9 ff.), preserved uniquely in the Castle library in K ivoklát (shelf-mark XLIV. f. 12, extra draft 33) has not been hitherto reflected in the scientific (musicological and non-musicological) literature. Apart from the critical edition of the Clement's treatise, the aim of the thesis is to pou it in the historical context and to point out its connection with the intellectual background outside of Prague. Keywords Václav Clemens Žebrácký, Johannes Lippius, Library of Castle K ivoklát, Charles University, music theory, poetica, musica
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Music in the Literary Works of Selected Czech Humanists of 16th Century
Pacala, Frederik ; Baťa, Jan (advisor) ; Hlávková, Lenka (referee)
This thesis deals with the musical allusions in the literary works of Czech humanists of 16th century. The author presents the current applications of these sources in Czech musical historiography. Further attention is focused on the representatives of the humanist culture in the Czech lands, the possibilities of their connection with the musical culture and on the effort to point out their mutual ties and contacts. The second part of the thesis is focused on two specific personalities - Georgius Handschius and Jakub Srnovec - whose works illustrate the possibilities of deepening the use of this type of sources in musical-historiographical research. Keywords Georgius Handschius, Jakub Srnovec, Poetic Works, Music, musica, Humanism, 16th Century, Czech lands
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Václav Clemens Žebrácký - Idea unionis musicae et poeticae (1617). Edition and analysis.
Pacala, Frederik ; Baťa, Jan (advisor) ; Horyna, Martin (referee)
The main purpose of the thesis is a commented critical edition of treatise Idea unionis musicae et poeticae written by Václav Clemens Žebrácký. The treatise is a written version of the disputation presented on 8 March, 1617 in a great hall of Carolinum. The small print (9 ff.), preserved uniquely in the Castle library in K ivoklát (shelf-mark XLIV. f. 12, extra draft 33) has not been hitherto reflected in the scientific (musicological and non-musicological) literature. Apart from the critical edition of the Clement's treatise, the aim of the thesis is to pou it in the historical context and to point out its connection with the intellectual background outside of Prague. Keywords Václav Clemens Žebrácký, Johannes Lippius, Library of Castle K ivoklát, Charles University, music theory, poetica, musica
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