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Different Aspects of playing Basso Continuo comparing to modern and historical Treatises
Skalická, Štěpánka ; SPURNÝ, Vojtěch (advisor) ; MRÁZKOVÁ, Giedre (referee)
General-Bass is a certain characteristic system of writing and playing an accompaniment in the 17th and 18 century for keyboard and harmonic instruments used in chamber or orchestra music.
General-Bass evolved during those two centuries. First theoretical references of general-bass technique are dated around 1600. It was a renaissance motet technique die away and improvisation and polyphony baroque technique born time. Lodovico Viadanas treatise Cento concerti ecclesiastici from 1602 is a first written documented instruction of this technique.
Centre of general-basses development expanded from Italy to Germany and France. There was a separate specific evolve and theoretical treatises of general-bass in each country. Despite of the separation there was a influence and inspiration between of the particular country stiles of general-basses praxes.
The main representative are Francesco Gasparini, Georg Muffat and Francesco Geminiani in Italy Jean-Henri d´Anglebert, François Dandrieu, Michel de St. Lambert in France and Johann Mattheson, Johann David Heinichen and Johann Sebastian Bach in Germany.
Currently we are experiencing return of studies of historical general-basses treatises and arises modern textbooks of general-bass. There are two Czech translations of Jespera Bøje Christensens and Barbara Marie Willis textbooks available. Both authors based their textbooks on historical pedagogical systems and rules. Michel Laizé wrote textbook of General-Bass based on his own methodical scheme in 2001 in France.
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Forgotten Generation. Independent Activities and Samizdat in the Pilsen Region in the 80ies of the 20th Century.
Petrová, Jana ; Vaněk, Miroslav (advisor) ; Valeš, Lukáš (referee)
The degree work deals with the last century period of the 80s and 90s in the Pilsen region. Generally, it was time of lack of freedom and intolerance when all the state power was concentrated in one political party - the Czechoslovak Communist Party. With support of police this party manipulated with citizens' dignity, rights and thinking. Through description of some civic activities the work records groups of independent thinking in the Pilsen region. These activities were source of independent atmosphere; that's why they were supervised by the state power; their protagonists were monitored and their activities were supressed. In the work the independent areas are divided into chapters: church, music, scouting, camping, ecology. Another chapter focuses on the local dissent activities. Its members were predominantly from the above mentioned groups. Last chapter deals with unofficial publishing (samizdat) in this period. The aim of the degree work is to find (or at least to outline) the starting points and reasons that finally brought members of various groups (often diametrically opposite) together on the way of independent activities, dissent and unofficial publishing (samizdat).
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Theory Actions in X Chapters/Actions Theory in X Acts : Talk and Twerk
Bačíková, Alžběta ; Sterec, Pavel (referee) ; Rathouský, Luděk (advisor)
The result of the project is a short video documentation of reciprocal lesson given by the twerking instructress and the teacher of the rhetoric. We can easily observe how the smart nonverbal choreography of speech is joining the erotically explicit dance. Women bodies are shot by camera during the training. They exercise proper breathing techniques first, then nonverbal expression and finally they try to articulate diverse notions on twerking. After the rhetoric lesson is given, they change the positions of teacher and the person being taught. It's time to learn how to twerk. In the final sequence we can see both women performing short twerk choreography on hip-hop music track made originally for the project.
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"L´isle joyeuse" Claude Debussy´s. The Work and its Interpretation.
Vlasáková, Hana ; Klánský, Ivan (advisor) ; Malý, František (referee)
This thesis deals with a composition of Claude Debussy, L´isle joyeuse. at first, it makes reades acquainted with important matters in author´s life till he composed this piece and than it presents a short overview of composer´s piano works. Following analysis of harmony, musical form, piano stylization, sound features and searching for circumstances of creation L´isle joyeuse, shows many Debussy´s inspiration sources. On their basis there are formulated conclusions, important for acquirement of appropriate viewpoints for the proper interpretation. These attitudes are confronted with top performances of this composition by renowned pianists from different countries (Pascal Rogé, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Walter Gieseking, Alexis Weissenberg and Zoltán Kocsis). supplement of this thesis is a multimedia-CD, which documents some lesser-known inspiration sources Debussy´s and contents recordings of this piece of all above-mentioned pianists.
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Customs of Sedlčany region
Čekalová, Magdaléna ; Dvořáková, Markéta (advisor) ; Županič, Jan (referee)
In my work I focus on the traditions and folk customs in the Sedlčany region. I try to describe their history and current form. The Sedlčany region is interesting not only for natural and cultural monuments, but also for its history, and various famous people, for example Josef Suk and Jakub Krčín from Jelčany and Sedlčany. Various societies and clubs organize marches, music festivals and so on. I divide my work into five chapters. In all of them I concentrate on the customs and habits concerning the spring holidays and traditions (Easter, the Czech celebration of Witches Night and the feast of Saint Florian), the summer holidays and traditions (the Rosa Festival and the Sedlčany pilgrimage), the autumn holidays and traditions (Halloween, All Saints Day, Saint Martin's feast and Advent), the winter holidays and traditions (Christmas, the feast of Three Kings, Carnival and Fat Thursday). I want to prove in my work that Sedlčany is the region, where people still keep folk customs and traditions. Although some traditions have fallen by the way - side during the years, others have quickly been replaced by other traditions and practices, which in turn probably be replaced in the future. Many local people still keep a lot of typical customs and traditions of our culture. They try to pass them to their children,...
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John Wyclif, Jan Hus and Martin Luther as apocalyptic prophets
Šárovcová, Martina
Illuminated music manuscripts created in 16th century Bohemia and Moravia for Utraquist literary brotherhoods represent a relatively rich collection of artefacts from the period before the Battle of White Mountain. The commonly illuminated incipits of these manuscripts also included introits dedicated to the feast of the Bohemian martyrs Jan Hus and Jerome of Prague. Several illuminations dating from the third quarter of the 16th century represent a richly documented iconography of Jan Hus. The first volume of the "Lesser Town Gradual" from the years 1569-1572 (Prague, National Library, sign. XVII A 3) also belongs to these manuscripts, due to its arrangement and selection of topics. Depicted in its bordure is John Wyclif striking a spark, Jan Hus lighting a candle with a twig and Martin Luther with a shining torch. With regard to the other lesser known literary and visual variants of the motifs of kindling light, the topic is interpreted in accordance with the interpretation of biblical verses in Chapter 11 of the New Testament´s Apocalypse about the calling of two witnesses and prophets at the beginning of the end of the world (The Book of Revelations 11, 3-4). The figures of John Wyclif, Jan Hus and Martin Luther can be interpreted in eschatological contexts of awaiting the second advent of Christ as apocalyptic prophets called by God and witnesses to the (Evangelical) truth who are bringing light to the darkness of the last time.
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The Journey of Edita Gruberova towards the vocal Perfection
Kotrbová, Lenka ; DOLEŽAL, Vladimír (advisor) ; KUSNJER, Ivan (referee)
The bachelor project The journey of Edita Gruberova towards the vocal perfection was based on my personal interview with Mrs. Edita Gruberova. It illustrates her voice and technical development from the childhood until present times. The goal of the project was to capture personal opinions and vocal emotions of the singer, who is an important part of the musical scene for many years and amazes the audience with her phenomenal vocal mastery.
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Czech social songbooks as a cultural phenomenon in the second half of the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries
Svobodová, Věra ; Sochorová, Ludmila (referee) ; Tyllner, Lubomír (advisor)
This thesis is based on the catalogue of Czech social songbooks put together by the author in a form of a computer database for Department of Ethnomusicology, Ethnological Institute of Czech Academy of Sciences. Analyzis of these songbooks is complemented by taking research conducted in the past by wide range of scholars (E. Meliš, B Václavek, R. Smetana, M. O adlík, J. Plavec, V. Pletka, V. Karbusický, J. Kotek) into account. This provides basis for characterization of origin and developement of Czech social singing in the first half of the 19th century including characteristics of its key personalities (A. J. Puchmajer, J. J. Ryba, V. J. Tomášek, V. Hanka, F. M. Kníže, A. Jelen, J. K. Chmelenský, F. Škroup, F. L. elakovský, F. J. Vacek Kamenický, J. K. Tyl, V. J. Picek a K. Havlí ek Borovský) as well as characteristics of important publications (among others V nec ze zp v vlastenských, 1835-39, 1843-44). Following section provides an overview of the century long tradition of Czech social songbooks (1848-1948); the founding importance of Spole enský zp vník eský by J. B. Pichl (1851), later in musical cooperation with J. L. Zvona (1863) is highlighted. In the last chapter author thoroughly discusses the principles of the computer catalogue of songbooks and possibilities of its future use for other types of...
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The language of Italian young people and its specifications
Najmanová, Petra ; Špaček, Jiří (advisor) ; Štichauer, Pavel (referee)
The main aim of the thesis is to analyze the language of Italian youth with its all aspects, characteristics and relation to the cornrnon language. I try to realize the inf1uence of particular social factors and difference of the cornrnon language of youth from language of preceding generations. At present is the young generation cornrnunication linked as never before with various advanced technologies such are pes or cell phones. These are main factors inf1uencing the language of youth. Another issue create mass media e.g. television and radio broadcasting, press, which are interfering the age-group with a view to address and profit. Great portion in forrnation ofthe language of youth is predisposed by altemative music styles, sports, literature (comics), certain role plays slang e.g. ofthe drog cornrnunity.
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Slepá separace signálů pomocí fuzzy maskování
Čermák, Jan
Paper deals with separation of source signals from their mixtures without any information about mixing environment. This problem is known as blind source separation. We focus on improving a multichannel method called time-frequency binary masking. The proposed approach is based on using a fuzzy mask instead of a binary mask. We show that the separation performance increases by employing fuzzy mask. Moreover our method reduces musical noise introduced by binary masking.
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