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The theme of popular music in regional newspapers of contemporary Karlovy Vary region in the period 1957-1967
Šmíd, Radek ; Houda, Přemysl (advisor) ; Diestler, Radek (referee)
The dissertation Topic of popular music in the local press of contemporary Karlovy Vary region in the period 1957 - 1967 attempts to capture the process of official views presented in the regional press between the years 1957 - 1967 in the territory of today's Karlovy Vary Region on various genres of modern music, represented by mainstream dance music which later evolved into popular music. Articles, reviews and critiques relevant to modern music published in newspapers in area of Karlovy Vary and specialist publications dedicated to particular cultural issues in the region was used for the research. Furthermore, it was primarily jazz and rock music in Czechoslovakia known as big beat (bigbít). The introduction deals with the theoretical and methodological issues appropriate to the topic and their possible use. The next part deals with the social and cultural context in Czechoslovakia at that time, the influence of ideology on culture and simultaneously on releasing in art and society during the 1960s. An overview of contextualization within postwar (World War II) official press, the situation regarding modern music in Karlovy Vary regional press in the period 1948 - 1956 and also archival documents that are related to the topic of work are mentioned in the second part. The third part deals with...
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George Gershwin: Concerto in F for piano and orchestra
Horejšová, Martina ; Gabrielová, Jarmila (advisor) ; Douša, Eduard (referee)
HOREJŠOVÁ, Martina: George Gershwin: Concerto in F for piano and orchestra [Diploma thesis]. Charles University in Prague. Faculty of Arts. Institute of Musicology. Supervisor: prof. PhDr. Jarmila Gabrielová, CSc. Prague 2016. The main theme of the diploma thesis is a musical analysis of Concerto in F - the only Gershwin's piano concert from 1925. This diploma thesis also contains information about composer's life, contemporary historical context with relation to American cultural, social and political climate. As well text includes contemporary musical production, which influenced Gershwin's compositional technique. There will also be a comparison between George Gershwin and two other composers (Sergei Rachmaninoff and Maurice Ravel) who also created concert for piano and orchestra in the early 20th century.
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Soundspce
Jandová, Eva ; Kopec, Jakub (referee) ; Vítek, Jiří (advisor)
The aim of this work is to research the relationships between abstract musical space and physical space, to explore the various possibilities of connecting sound, light and matter in space, their interaction and unfolding over time. The knowledge and outputs will later be applied in the design of a cultural object providing a visual and acoustic experience with an emphasis on human perception.
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American jazz diplomacy and the Czechoslovak Socialist Society
Vlášek, Jakub ; Calda, Miloš (advisor) ; Perutka, Lukáš (referee)
This thesis is focused on the activity of American jazz diplomacy in countries of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War era. It follows the historical development of US jazz diplomacy and highlights its most important protagonists, the so-called jazz ambassadors, who were not only fighting against Communism through the medium of jazz music but also helping to create the positive image of US culture in the world. The primary aim of this thesis is to analyze the tolerance of the ruling regime towards American jazz music, as an instrument of cultural diplomacy, in the fifties and sixties of former Czechoslovakia. At the same time, it tries to find the reasons and preconditions which all led to organizing concerts of American jazz ambassadors, despite the negative attitude of the communist party towards jazz music. The author concludes that the communist authorities could use the concerts of African-American jazzmen in their own propaganda, emphasizing American racial segregation. Jazz music was also much more bearable for the Communists to let in in comparison to other new musical genres because it did not incite revolt.
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NEGLECTED SOUL-JAZZ GUITARISTS OF THE 1960s
Šmoldas, Libor ; HONZÁK, Jaromír (advisor) ; DORŮŽKA, David (referee)
This work deals with a musical genre that borders jazz, gospel and blues, so-called soul-jazz, which peaked in popularity in the 1960s in the USA and as a predominantly afro-american art form went almost unnoticed by the mainstream critics and journalists. The aim of the analysis is to specify it’s characteristics, introduce it’s representatives out of guitarists and describe their musical careers and style. The output of the thesis will be enrichment of my own style in both improvisation and composition.
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Methodology of jazz drumming
Urbánek, Marek ; SLEZÁK, Kamil (advisor) ; ŠOLTIS, Daniel (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to analyze the methodical procedure of teaching percussion instrument performace in the context of jazz music. The absence of a similar work - in the domestic area, which would summarize the basic, yet crucial practices in a comprehensible whole was one of the main inspirations for this thesis. The first chapter describes the context and the process of formation of the drum set. The next chapter introduces the notation of jazz music and the way it is different from phrasing in practice. The next chapters deal with the various approaches to playing the ride cymbal, hi-hat and the bass drum. These chapters contain practical exercises. Next I point out the importance of drums as an accompanying instrument. The chapter on transcription tells readers how to handle new material and how to be able to work with it further. In the seventh chapter I present coordination exercises, which I have completed and compiled with this work. The last chapter deals with the analysis of Jim Chapin's Advanced Techniques for the Modern Drummer.
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IMPROVISATION OF WYNTON KELLY ON THE SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME ALBUM
Valenta, Ondřej ; KŘIŠŤAN, Vít (advisor) ; RŮŽIČKA, Jiří (referee)
The topic of the thesis is the improvisation and style of playing of Wynton Kelly, the American pianist coming from Jamaica, particulary on his Someday My Prince Will Come album from 1961.
The first part is theoretical and refers to his musical beginnings, his first solo and side-man projects. Besides refers closer to the recording of the Someday My Prince Will Come album. Also, the theoretical part slightly refers to the improvisation in general.
The heart of the thesis is the practical part though. It is the analysis of his playing skills based on melodic-harmonic-rhytmic part, his timing, phrasing, blues feel, melodic ornamentation, transcribed sheets with examples attached.
The main goal of this thesis is all the musicians to be inspired by one of the most gifted pianists, considering his swing and single-melody lines at least.
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The topic of drugs in music: Czech rap albums in period from 2005 to 2016
Bittnerová, Tereza ; Radimecký, Josef (advisor) ; Šejvl, Jaroslav (referee)
Background: Drug use and drug related topics appear in many aspects of today's life. They found their way into our culture, among others into music, where it is without a doubt that some songs, whole works of artists or even music styles were influenced by the existence of drugs and their effects. Aim: The aim of the first part of this thesis is to describe the relationship between substances and three biggest styles of modern music - jazz, rock and rap. The aim of the research is to map the occurrence of drugs and drug related topics in Czech hip hop music, specifically popular Czech rap albums that were released between 2005 and 2016 and charted in the chart operated by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Methods: Quantitative method was used for this research. The drug related lyrics were coded into several categories using content analysis. 590 songs from 43 albums were analysed in total. Results: The research has shown that in 56,6% (334) of the songs drug related topics appeared. Out of 886 mentions, the most reoccurring one was alcohol (46,1 %), followed by general terms for drugs (22 %) and cannabis (17,2 %). Out of illegal substances marihuana appeared most often. Among other mentions that appeared less often (under 3,5 % per category) were tobacco products, medicine,...
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Integration of jazz elements in my compositional work
Horká, Kateřina ; FILAS, Juraj (advisor) ; Tóth, Miroslav (referee)
Abstract
This Bachelor thesis is focused on the integration of jazz elements in my classical music compositions. For the whole 20th century, the combination of jazz and classical music was a subject of discussions in a musical society. From the origins of jazz, some compositions were combined and subsequently influenced by classical music. This approach still remains in a certain group of composers to this day.
The first movement is represented by the composers of the early 20th century, including French Impressionists e.g. Maurice Ravel, Les Six - Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc and Arthur Honneger. We should not forget to mention Igor Stravinskij. In our land, these trends can be found in works of Bohuslav Martinů, Erwin Schulhof and especially in works of Jaroslav Ježek.
The second movement of these trends began in the 60s and it was called "The Third stream". In our country it is represented by Alexej Fried, Pavel Blatný, Milan Svoboda and others. The idea of synthesis of jazz and classical music is still current to this day, many composers consider it their compositional basis.
Over the course of the 20th century there was a great style diversification in a popular music and so over the time the synthesis of other styles with classical music appeared. It is a very broad topic. That is the reason why I would like to focus on my compositional work influenced by jazz.
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