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Taoism and health: selected aspects
Tomek, Jaroslav ; Parry Martínková, Irena (advisor) ; Strnad, Pavel (referee)
Title: Taoism and health: selected aspects Objectives: The first objective of this thesis is to present and interpret Taoist way of thinking with a special emphasis on its teachings regarding health. The second objective is to presents selected aspects of this 'spiritual philosophy' and its health benefits (nutrition, fasting, breathing and physical exercises and others) and tests them against currently available scientific studies. The prolonged goal would be to point out methods which complement the techniques and processes of western health care systems. The third objective examines the legislative situation in the Czech elementary education system regarding the health education topic and beneficial effect of Taoist methods to use. Methods: This master thesis is purely theoretical, focusing on the analysis of primary and secondary source material with continuous and subsequent synthesis. These methods have been complemented with compilation and comparative methods. Results: Based on the available source material, the Taoist way of thinking has been presented including his approach to health. Furthermore, traditional Taoist health promoting practices which were also an inspiration for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) were being discussed. Based on scientific articles and studies, benefits and...
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Harmonies
Mucha, Petr ; Suchánek, Jiří (referee) ; Gabriel, Michal (advisor)
The Monade sculpture from a series called Harmonies is a 350 cm tall steel object made of welded metal plates, representing harmonic intervals applied to idealised proportions of the human figure. The impetus is a need of transcendency and meaning in perception of reality. Creative strategies are reduction, abstraction and remediation.
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Automatic Harmony Generation
Bobčík, Martin ; Drahošová, Michaela (referee) ; Vašíček, Zdeněk (advisor)
Goal of this master thesis is to study harmonization based on knowledge of given melody and to design a system which will meaningfully automate this activity. In the work there is covered basics of music theory needed for this topic and previous other approaches to this problematic. There is also covered machine learning, neural networks and recurrent neural networks. In the end, there is outlined design of the system, how to make it work and how to use it. Three experiments were executed with the system. Harmonization of the melodies were unpleasant though. A possible cause might be relatively small used neural network of the system.
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Ancient ideal in the concept of Miroslav Tyrš
Novotný, Filip ; Kašpar, Ladislav (advisor) ; Pádivý, Martin (referee)
TITLE: The Ancient Ideal in the Concept of Miroslav Tyrš AUTHOR: Filip Novotný DEPARTMENT: Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Education, Charles University SUPERVISOR: PhDr. PaedDr. Ladislav Kašpar. Ph.D. ABSTRACT: The aim of the thesis is to describe the ancient ideal, which can be understood as a historical fact, when this ideal originates. Furthermore, this work describes how this ideal is manifested in art and how this ideal can be understood philosophically. The main aim of this work is to describe the ancient ideal in the concept of Miroslav Tyrš, who was inspired by the ancient world and modern philosophical directions. Sokol, who founded it as a physical education unity, was not a goal in itself, but a means of applying this ideal in Bohemia in the 19th century, which helped to shape democratic education in Bohemia, which helped to establish independent Czechoslovakia, when the falcons were numerous legion members. The methods used to elaborate this work are especially literary searches where both primary sources and secondary sources were used. Deduction methods, quantitative method, chronological method, probe method, qualitative method. The conclusion of this diploma thesis is that the falcon was not only a physical education organization, but it was an environment that prompted...
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Parallelism as a principle of multi-voice leading
Kliment, Henrich ; FILAS, Juraj (advisor) ; GEMROT, Jiří (referee)
The text focuses on parallel motion of voices as a type of multi-voice leading, as an element or a factor in process of composition in the context of music theory, and also in the context of different periods of history of music from prehistory to the present with the main consideration for the use in my own latest work. The first part of the text deals with the concept of melodic and harmonic parallel voice leading regarding to its sound quality and functional meaning in a musical piece. The second part is a chronological interpretation of the conventions of using the principle of parallel voice leading in the process of composition or interpretation in terms of individual periods of history of music.
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Different musical-theoretical concepts of harmonic function
Andělová, Aneta ; TICHÝ, Vladimír (advisor) ; BEZDĚK, Jiří (referee)
Master thesis is focused on one of the themes of musical theory, which are harmonic functions. First, it deals with the origin, general characteristics and marking of harmonic functions. In connection with the theme, mention is also made of harmonic dualism and monism. The main chapter deals first with the occurrence of the term of harmonic function in selected Czech and foreign dictionaries, it is also focused on concepts of publications and studies. Part of the thesis is a concept of its own, which is based on the analysis of period literature. Master thesis is intended to introduce the way of thinking and the concept of individual authors.
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F. Nietzches and A. Schopenhauers Philosophy of Music
ŽIŽKOVÁ, Lenka
The thesis deals with the problem phenomenon of music in the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche. What place does the music occupy in their philosophy, how they understood it and defined it? These are the main issues that are gradually discussed and answered. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first part of the thesis deals with Schopenhauer's concept of music, the second part is about Nietzsche's concept, and the third part is an assessment of the differences of their opinions of the issue of will as music. There is also a practical part in the thesis, namely the analysis of Nietzsche's early musical composition. I also refer to the personality of the composer Richard Wagner, who was influenced by both philosophers and vice versa. At the end of the thesis I evaluate and summarize whether the aim of the thesis was fulfilled and if it answered the aforesaid questions.
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The selected music periodicals (beginning, development and present)
Kábelová, Romana ; Köppl, Daniel (advisor) ; Husák, Martin (referee)
Bachelor thesis called the selected music periodicals examines the three titles of music magazines that have a tradition in our country for more than twenty years. First, historically the oldest magazine are Musical (Hudební rozhledy). Another title, Rock and Pop, began to appear only in the early 90s and is involved in rock and pop music. The last is a monthly journal of Harmony, which is largely focused on classical and jazz music and world music and dance. All titles mentioned have a firm place in the market of music magazines and their readers are focused on the content of individual titles. In addition to the content focus of the individual journals they differ from each other mainly economic support from their publishers.
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The New World as a reflection of The Old world in the Comentarios Reales by Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
Mičunková, Ivana ; Poláková, Dora (advisor) ; Škodová, Denisa (referee)
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega is one of the first significant mestizo writers, born in the New World. The aim of my work is to outline, at last partially, the endeavour of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega to harmonise the Old and New World. In the inconsisitent XVI. century could appeared as very utopic. Thus I would like to zoom into the Inca's culture and society and at the same time into the European society of this era, to allow better understanding of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega's identity itself. Key words: Incas, conquist, mestizaje, transculturization, national identity, renaissance, platonism Old World, New World, harmony
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