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Children's choir Canzonetta in České Budějovice
ZAHRADNÍKOVÁ, Andrea
This bachelor thesis focuses on founding progress and current form of Children's choir Canzonetta, currently residing in Elementary art school Bezdrevská 3. It gives us a chance to take a look at repertoire and presentation on Czech as well as international singings contest. My thesis also includes basic information of other choirs: Piccolo (for children aged 6-8), Da Capo (for children between ages 8-12), mixed choir Canzona and female choir Vox Novus. Amongst other things, this thesis also focuses on cooperation between Canzonetta and Opera of South Bohemian Theatre.
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Evolutionary importance of mixed singing in two species of nightingales
Kohoutová, Hana ; Reifová, Radka (advisor) ; Sedláček, Ondřej (referee)
Singing is important for communication in birds. Some species of birds copy singing from other species. This heterospecific copying of singing is common especially in closely related bird species, and is usually called mixed singing in such cases. Mixed singing is often asymmetric, when only one species of the pair copies a song of the congener. The meaning of mixed singing is not well explained yet. The most common mechanism is probably an error during the learning phase of singing, but in some cases mixed singing can be adaptive. In my master's thesis I deal with the evolutionary meaning of mixed singing in two closely related passerine species - Common nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) and Thrush nightingale (Luscinia luscinia). These species co-occur in secondary contact zone in central and eastern part of Europe. Only Thrush nightingale which is larger and probably a more dominant species, exhibits mixed singing. In playback experiments in Common nightingale I studied a possible adaptive meaning of mixed singing in relation to interspecific communication. I tested the differences in behavioural and vocal response of Common nightingales to three types of stimuli: pure singing of Common nightingale, pure singing of Thrush nightingale and mixed singing of Thrush nightingale. The tested males...
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Bear in Finnish Folk Literature
Kováčová, Ivana ; Dlask, Jan (advisor) ; Švec, Michal (referee)
ENGLISH SUMMARY This bachelor thesis deals with the theme of the bear in Finnish folk poetry and folk traditions. The first part of thesis introduces zoological characteristics of the bear, its occurrence in Finland and the etymology of different bear names in Finnish language. On the background of the overall cultural and historical development of Finnish society thesis presents people's relationship towards the bear in particular time periods. The focus of this thesis is to analyze myths dealing with birth of the bear and poems focusing on theme of the bear feasts. The key literature sources for this analysis are poems collected in Finland and Karelia, available in internet archives of Finnish literature society and collection of finnish folk poetry by Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala. KEY WORDS bear, Finland, folk poetry, songs, mythology, Kalevala, feasts
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Songs of Ludvík Vítězslav Čelanský
Lukajová, Dagmar ; Ottlová, Marta (advisor) ; Matějčková, Helena (referee)
Bachelor's thesis deals with the songs of Ludvík Vítězslav Čelanský (1870 - 1930). The purpose of this thesis is to put the above songs into its context of the times based on the characteristics of the selected songs. The thesis deals with the evolution of the song in 19th century and the first third of the 20th century and consequently about the songs of Čelanský including details of each song and basis of sources. After that continues the analytic part with the textual and musical analysis of selected songs. In the concluding part are denominated all the means which Čelanský uses in the composition of his songs including the mode of interpretation of the poetic text.
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Music and movement education for children with mental disabilities
Hoštová, Martina ; Zemková, Jaroslava (advisor) ; Novotný, Josef (referee)
The Thesis is focused on music and physical education as a part of educational process. It has got an irreplaceable importance in children with mental disorders due to inspiration for their own activity and promotion of the whole motor development. This work is dealing with a content of this education, its importance and role in the Special basic school. It also defines mental handicaped childrens' character and the influence of music and physical education on their general development. It describes a variety of music and physical resources and their usage in the music and movement activities as well. These are applicated into a project called." Dancing and singing, with a fairy tale learning". This elaborated project represents specific examples of music and movement activities and their realization in the Special basic school. Key Words: Children, music, music and physical education, music and movement activities, music and movement games, mental disorders, motivation, songs, movement, physical exhibition, dancing games.
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Player for iPhone for Educational Purposes
Klobása, Jiří ; Polok, Lukáš (referee) ; Beran, Vítězslav (advisor)
This thesis deals with the design and implementation of mobile application for iPhone that serves as a music player. The application works with meta-information to a music song and suggests their use in the process of memorization. The thesis is divided into chapters, starting with the characteristics of the target platform iOS, user interface design and its testing, principles of creating computer music and sound. The core of this thesis is to design a user interface along with the structure and use of meta-information related to a song. At the end of the thesis there is described the implementation of the application, the tests performed and possibilities for further improvements of the application.
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The Analysis of Motives and Rhythm in the West Side Story
Jankulárová, Michaela ; FRANZ, Vladimír (advisor) ; ŠRÁMEK, Vratislav (referee)
In first section this thesis is trying to explain the definition of "musical" and to sum up the brief history of American musical with accentuation of some important and interesting musical productions. Further it is trying to highlight some theatrical, musical-theatrical and pure musical genres from which the musical as we know it today draws. In the second section there is an attempt to define motives and rhythm of musical West Side Story based on analysis of the songs used in it. The main focus is on the songs "America" and "Cool". The songs are analyzed chronologically, with no intention to divide them by themes. The thesis is trying to find out the fundamental elements which are characteristic for each song or which are somehow important for the musical as a whole. 
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Comparative Analysis on methods and aspects of German songs at German as a foreign language - teaching
HRUŠKOVÁ, Lucie
In my bachelor?s thesis Gegenüberstellende Analyse methodischer Aspekte deutschsprachiger Lieder im Deutsch als Fremdsprache Unterricht I am concerned with reasons why using songs in German lessons is useful. At the same time I will explain that a song is a tool and we always have to have a specific aim which we would like to reach. Possible aims are demonstrated in individual chapters together with suggested tasks which are presented as worksheets. Two current songs are used as a sample.
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