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Ars rediviva, history and concert activities
Krátká, Tereza ; SEIDL, Jiří (advisor) ; HERMAN, František (referee)
The title of my bachelor thesis is Ars rediviva, history and concert activities. The aim is to map the history and activities of Czech chamber music ensemble Ars rediviva. Ensemble, which had a direct impact on the return of early music on the concert stages of Czechoslovakia in the 50s of the 20th century, and development of interpretation of early music in Czechoslovakia. Ensemble Ars rediviva was one of the longest established chamber ensembles on the Czech scene (1951-2005). Interpreted almost exclusively the music of the Baroque and Classicism (the exception was some works by contemporary Czech composers whose premiere Ars rediviva performed). The first section presents the founder of the ensemble Milan Munclinger. The second chapter examines the beginnings of the action of the ensemble on the music scene. The third chapter focuses on personnel changes in the ensemble during the operation, the fourth chapter focuses on concert activities of the ensemble and repertoire.
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Development of spanish piano music in the 19th and early 20th century
González Casasnovas, David ; MALÝ, František (advisor) ; VLASÁKOVÁ, Alena (referee)
The aim of this work is to describe the development of Spanish piano music during the nineteenth
and early twentieth century. Individual chapters are devoted to specific authors, who are exponents
of this period, and to explain in detail their style and their most important works, within the
contemporary political and social context, both in Spain and in Europe.
The first chapter also deals with more historical development of Spain and describes a social
movement operating across the continent.
At the end, I summarize the most important conclusions.
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Trumpet in the classicism period, important interprets of this period
Štainerová, Veronika ; ROUČEK, Jaroslav (advisor) ; REJLEK, Vladimír (referee)
The main goal of this thesis is to create a complex review of the classicism period mainly focused on musicians who played trumpet during this period and played concerts in Czech region and sorrounding area.
Sources of this thesis are publications, lexicons and other records describing work of interprets. Information were mailny sourced from account books and notes about concerts and music activities in church.
This thesis is further focused on connection of the music life and the political situation. Life conditions and salary of czech musicians is also desribed. This information was mostly sourced from notes about musicians working in Olomouc city - center of Moravia and of the Silesian administrative area. Places where chateau orchestras existed are also described.
This thesis also describes the practically last important part of evolution of the brass instruments.
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The Czech Philharmonic and its Players the Tube
Patcelt, Miroslav ; MALIMÁNEK, Karel (advisor) ; REJLEK, Vladimír (referee)
My thesis deals with The Czech Philharmonic and its players the tube. This thesis is divided into three parts. The first part is aimed about the history of the orchestra and their noted conductors. The second part introduce the individual players the tube who were members of the Czech Philharmonic. I mean that this part is the pivotal part of my thesis. There is also the third part in my thesis that presents the interview with Karel Malimánek, the contemporary player the tube of the Czech Philharmonic. I enclose the CD with the photos conductors and the players the tube as the attachement.
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Trumpet in the baroque period
Štainerová, Veronika ; ROUČEK, Jaroslav (advisor) ; DIVOKÝ, Zdeněk (referee)
The main goal of this thesis was to process and complete the information about trumpeters of the baroque period that worked or were born in the Czech lands and to prepare a list of those the most important.
Further, this thesis dealt with salaries and the standard of living of Czech trumpeters which give insight into the world of artists of that period. The thesis views those conditions also in the context of different workplaces of the musicians performing both profane and sacred music.
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The Psyche of a active Musician (selected problematic areas)
Dostalová, Gabriela ; KLÁNSKÝ, Ivan (advisor) ; MALÝ, František (referee)
The thesis contains a short introduction which describes the significance of music for human psyche. The focus is further placed on the research of the influence of Mozart?s compositions on students and children. The following chapter brings a concise characterisation of musical imagination, its subtypes and the heightened level of this imagination in musicians. The author is also concerned with the issues of musical aptitude, its basic characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of musical talent and the comparison between the brains of musicians and people of other professions. In the following chapters, the author focuses on the terms absolute pitch and synaesthesia, explicating their meaning, describing their specific features and analysing conditions of their origin as well as possible reasons for their future deterioration. The thesis also addresses the issue of potentially negative influences of music on human psyche, i.e. catchiness of some melodies and musical hallucinations, as well as the issue of dystonia in musicians, its causes and possible methods of treatment. The following chapters describe the effect of the so-called ?phantom hand?, the principle of stereophonic hearing and the consequences of its loss. The conclusion contains a brief summary of the thesis and the reasons behind the choice of this
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Slovak violin creations and their performers
Nagyová, Natália ; ČEPICKÝ, Leoš (advisor) ; PAZDERA, Jindřich (referee)
This bachelors thesis about Slovak music and this concrete chapter - modern music with special view to the most important composers and their creations for violin. In the second part of the point of view is focused on the best performers of this part of Slovak music. The target was not to create the complete list of composers and performers.
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Professor Rudolf Šťastný - violinist, dirigent, pedagogue
Krestová, Eva ; PAZDERA, Jindřich (advisor) ; PANOCHA, Jiří (referee)
KRESTOVÁ, Eva : Professor Rudolf Šťastný: violinist, conductor, pedagogue. [Master´s project] / Eva Krestová - Academy of performing Arts in Prague, Faculty of Music; Consultant : prof. Jindřich Pazdera: Academy of performing Arts in Prague, 2014.
This Master´s project is about life and working a signifiant czech violin personality Rudolf Šťastný with a view to his contribution as a violinist, a dirigent and a pedagogue. A constituent of this master´s project is a detailed cross-section of his life, it characterizes his personality, pegagogic methodology and there is also a chapter devoted to memories and expressions his closest people.
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