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THE HISTORY OF THE CZECH JAZZ PIANO
Kabrna, Ondřej ; RŮŽIČKA, Karel (advisor) ; Růžička, Jiří (referee)
The bachelor thesis illustrates the oldest period of jazz in Bohemia with a detailled description of work, life and recordings of the Czech jazz piano players until 1968. The whole period is divided into five parts describing situation in music generally, mentioning important bands and performers, and finally confronts Czech piano players with world jazz music. Everything is documented with analysis of recordings and different piano styles.
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Miloslav Kabeláč - Complete Works for Piano and Chamber Music for Strings and Piano
Bartoš, Jan ; MORAVEC, Ivan (advisor) ; KLÁNSKÝ, Ivan (referee)
The purpose of this dissertation is to analyse Miloslav Kabeláč's piano works. It collects informations and answers questions relating to this narrow focus. The dissertation also tries to find interpretative clues to his two most important piano cycles - Seven pieces op. 14 and Eight preludes op. 30. The dissertation points out the fact that if we want to present and understand his works correctly, it is necessary to study Kabeláč within a broader context.
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Piano Work of Viktor Kalabis
Kollert, Jiří ; LEICHNER, Emil (advisor) ; MALÝ, František (referee)
Viktor Kalabis (1923 - 2006) is one of the most significant Czech composers of 20th century. His piano works extent is exceptional among output of his contemporaries (two piano concertos with orchestra, three piano sonatas and six other compositions for piano solo). Most of his works are recorded and published.
This dissertation concerns the personality of Viktor Kalabis, a characterization of his musical language and his approach to piano as a tool to express music. This instrument was closest to him and he often devoted to piano the most inner feelings. My aim was to explore his work from interpreter's point of view, the evolution of composer's musical language, the use of instrument's potential as well as new approaches and creation methods. I intended to engage the interest of pianist to V. Kalabis and remarkable qualities of his piano works. I have performed his music at important events (festival, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra concert season) and a concert dedicated to composer's anniversary was recorded by Czech Radio to be later released on CD.
I used the musical analysis as the basic method. I observed the form, harmony, rhythm, usage of instrument's sound, timbre; in concertos also the role of the piano and of the orchestra.
Kalabis wasn't a trendsetter of the avant-garde and he didn't adopt dodecaphonic technique, however he studied it and implemented some dodecaphonic principles. For some period he worked in neoclassicism and shortly neofolklorism styles. He built on traditional harmony, which he enriched with seconds and sevenths proceeding to bitonality and partially also to atonality. He uses both traditional and free forms. Innovation can be found above all in original sound, in creative grouping of instruments and in dramaturgical content of the piece. He laid stress on composition's revealability and listener-friendly character, without being pandering. He created original "non-romantic synthesis" musical language.
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F. Chopin: Sonata No. 3 op. 58 h-moll
Goto, Eri ; KLÁNSKÝ, Ivan (advisor) ; KASÍK, Martin (referee)
The topic of this bachelor thesis is piano Sonata No. 3 in b-minor op. 58 by the Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin. This thesis is divided into three chapters in which I examine what is important for the interpretation of the Sonata. I deal with the question what Chopin intended to express, what his intention was, and based on Chopin´s statements "tone idea" that Chopin requested.Chapter 1 deals with Chopin´s biography and Chopin as a composer, pianist and teacher. Chapter 2 is about the methodics that Chopin himself created and that seems to be essential when interpreting this Sonata. In Chapter 3 I compare three different editions of the Sonata and based on findings from previous chapters I ponder how it is best to perform this Sonata.
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Piano works of S. Rachmaninov with focusing on the cycle Moments musical
Švehláková, Zdeňka ; BILINSKÁ, Kvitoslava (advisor) ; MALÝ, František (referee)
This Diploma´s thesis is focused on a composer Sergej Vasiljevic Rachmaninov. It contains his biography and the list of his piano works. The main part of the work is focused on the piano cycle Moments musical, which consists of six compositions. The thesis includes a formal analysis and recommendation how to play and practice this work.
The final part of the thesis is devoted to the recordings of this cycle. It contains the list of the recordings and the comparison of the three representative pianists. There is also a piece of information about all of them.
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Main Repertoire for the trio Clarinet, Cello and Piano
Marešová, Michaela ; MALÝ, František (advisor) ; KAHÁNEK, Ivo (referee)
My diploma thesis is called Main repertoire for the trio clarinet, cello and piano. The work is devided to three chapters. The first one is called History and present of the trio clarinet, cello and piano. In this chapter are three independent subchapters. The first is about historical development of these instruments. In the seconde is written something about repertoire options for this group and the third one is about tree well-known groups.
The seconde chapter is about the main tema and there is written about the most played and well-known compositions for this ensemble. There is usually written something short about life of the composer and then formal analysis of every piece. The main compositions are written in this order: Archduke of Austria and The Trio for clarinet, cello and piano, Johannes Brahms and The trio a minor op. 114, Max Bruch and Eight pieces op. 83, Vincent d´Indy and The trio B flat major op. 29, Anton Eberl and Grand trio op. 36, Michail Ivanovič Glinka and The trio Pathétique, Emil Hartmann and Serenada op. 24, Adalbert Gyrowetz and The Trio op. 38, Robert Kahn and Serenada op. 73 a Alexandr Zemlinsky and The trio d minor op. 3.
The last chapter is only about The trio B flat major of Ludwig van Beethoven. In three short subchapters is written something about his life, formal analysis and creation of the composition and analysis of interpretation of two records.
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SPANISH PIANO LITERATURE AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN CULTURAL HERITAGE
Valčová, Lucie ; KLÁNSKÝ, Ivan (advisor) ; MALÝ, František (referee)
The main idea of this diploma thesis is to provide a brief historical overview of the main Spanish composers for keyboard instruments from the 16th to 20th century, their influence on the major European composers and their relation to Spanish national dances, songs and guitar techniques. The thesis consists of four chapters. The first chapter contains the historical overview and is split into three subchapters according to the period: 16th to 18th century, 1st half of 19th century and 2nd half of 19th century to 1st half of 20th century. The second chapter comprises the selection of European composers and examples of their works encompassing apparent influence of Spanish music. The third chapter deals with guitar techniques, based on which the Spanish piano works are built. And finally, the fourth chapter of this thesis provides a summary of basic Spanish dances and songs including examples of note scores.
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Piano Concerto in G major Maurice Ravel's
Vlasáková, Hana ; KLÁNSKÝ, Ivan (advisor) ; KRAJNÝ, Boris (referee)
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This thesis deals with Maurice Ravel's Concerto for piano and Orchestra in G major. At first, it makes readers acquainted with important matters in author?s life and then it presents a genesis of the work and its first reception. Overview of the main inspiration sources, which are reflected in Concerto in G major follows. On basis of the analysis of harmony, musical form, piano stylization and comments of the first interpreter of the work, Marguerite Long, are formulated conclusions, important for acquirement of appropriate viewpoints for the proper interpretation. These attitudes are confronted with top performances of this composition, first by Marguerite Long and than by renowned pianists from different countries (Leonard Bernstein, Boris Krajný and Hélène Grimaud). Supplement of this thesis is a CD, which documents a few examples of the basque music, which was one of the main inspiration sources of the Concerto in G major and contents recordings of this piece of all above-mentioned pianists.
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Sergei Prokofiev (piano Compositions)
Ožana, Petr ; KASÍK, Martin (advisor) ; VLASÁKOVÁ, Alena (referee)
The base of this work is analysis of Prokofiev´s piano compositions. It isn´t a scientific work. It´s rather analysis of form, melody and harmony in context with his others piano works. At chapter about surroundings dislocation generation of piano concertos I am based on the author´s testation a with him I try to find his ideas right in this work. Also I introduce the poem wich is inspired by the conceptus of this work, was written by poet Balmont. At the last chapter I tout about a view on Prokofiev like friend pianist, colleague, composer by the eyes his contemporaries both his students and teachers, colleagues, pianist, friends but aswell his enemy. TZhe greatest personalities like Neuhaus, Rostropovich, Oistrach remember him. Life´s facts I touch very too little with regard to quantity indeed more far specialist literature.
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