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Fairy Tale Themed Ballet Music in the 19th and 20th Century Focused on the Works of P. I. Tchaikovsky and S. Prokofiev
Vilímová, Sheila ; Saláková, Magdalena (advisor) ; Hurníková, Kateřina (referee)
The title of the diploma thesis: Fairy Tale Themed Ballet Music in the 19th and 20th Century Focused on the Works of P. I. Tchaikovsky and S. Prokofiev This diploma thesis deals with fairy tale motifs in ballet music of the 19th and 20th century. It focuses mainly on fairy tale ballets of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Sergei Prokofiev. The first chapter deals with fairy tale themes in ballet on a more general level and advances to the concrete inclusion of these themes in the socio- historical context of the 19th and 20th century. The second chapter briefly deals with the development of ballet from its beginnings in the 15th century to the 18th century. This chapter chronologically describes important periods and events concerning ballet. The next chapter deals with ballet of the Romantic period and music of the 19th century in France and Denmark. Chapter four and five present the prominent ballets of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, namely Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. Furthermore, this thesis focuses on ballet of the 20th century, those of Igor Stravinsky and mainly Sergei Prokofiev. Most of these ballets were created in cooperation with the patron of arts Sergei Diaghilev. The last part offers various activities that can be used in music lessons. KEYWORDS fairy tale motives, ballet...
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Number Symbolism in the Work of Johann Sebastian Bach according to Selected Literature
Vilímová, Sheila ; Saláková, Magdalena (advisor) ; Nedělka, Michal (referee)
Title of the bachelor thesis: Number Symbolism in the Work of Johann Sebastian Bach according to SelectedLiterature This bachelor thesis deals with number symbolism in the work of Johann Sebastian Bach. The first chapter discusses the life and work of composer Johann Sebastian Bach and in chronological order describes important periods and events not only in his career. It focuses on the personalities and stimuli, which affected the composition of his works. The second part focuses fully on the symbolism of numbers, in general terms. It discusses the symbolic significance of the numbers and its development in certain historical periods. Also musical symbolism is discussed. This chapter introduces the various theories and writings about numbers, alphabets and number symbolism. Friedrich Smend, who was the first to identify number symbolism in the works of the Baroque composer, is also mentioned. The last part specifically deals with the Bach cantatas. It focuses mainly on the first cycle of cantatas presented in Leipzig. A few examples of cantatas that match numerically are given. Cantata Es reisset euch ein schrecklich Ende, BWV 90 is thoroughly analysed according to number symbolism. KEYWORDS number symbolism, Johann Sebastian Bach, Friedrich Smend, number alphabets, gematria, cantatas, Baroque
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