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Musical aspects of the Living History phenomenon in the Czech historical fencing through the perspective of ethnomusicology
Novák, Josef ; Jurková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Seidlová, Veronika (referee)
The aim of this musical anthropology thesis focuses on "medieval music" as practiced by fans of historical fencing in the form of living history on the example of two Czech bands - Subulcus and Medieval Open Band as part of project Prácheňská manství. In my thesis I focus not only on sound and musical instruments, but also on the behavior of actors and their conceptualization of the Middle Ages, according to the concepts of music as culture of Allan Merriam, resp. of music as social life of Thomas Turino. I combine here the basic ideas of ethnomusicology with the ideas of musical memory in connection with the contemporary concepts of social memory and, last but not least, with the concepts of "golden age", nostalgia, staged authenticity and invented traditions. The point of this work is to bring about the origin and form of music that the actors understand as medieval, although not always comes the repertoire from the Middle Ages.
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Virtuosity and Performance of Masculinity: Music Ethnography of a Non-Roma Gypsy Jazz Group in Prague
Kašparová, Žofie ; Zdrálek, Vít (advisor) ; Jurková, Zuzana (referee)
Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Filozofická fakulta Ústav hudební vědy Virtuosity and Performance of Masculinity: Music Ethnography of a Non-Roma Gypsy Jazz Group in Prague Žofie Kašparová 2014 Abstract In this ethnography I examine the gypsy jazz band Sylvanio Orchestra which is based in Prague, Czech Republic. This research consists largely of my observations at their performances, interviews with the band members as well as my personal experience of being a musician and a woman in this predominantly male collective. Thus, this essay is partly an autoethnography. The research focuses on a group of non-Roma musicians which play gypsy jazz music. I describe how their performances work, which consist mostly of jam sessions (participatory performance), and which mechanisms occur in these environments. Virtuosity is one of the main characteristics of the genre and is coupled with a sense of competitiveness. The group appears exclusive from the outside which might be caused by intellectual musical communication codes which outsiders cannot read and which are connected with the virtuosity typical in gypsy jazz. I suggest that virtuosity, competitiveness along with other characteristics of gypsy jazz performance might be perceived as masculine. Finally, I try to explain the dominance of men in gypsy jazz. key words:...
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Transgenerational transmission of romani musical knowledge and skills in Klenovec and Kokava
Nuska, Petr ; Jurková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Skořepová, Zita (referee)
This thesis analyses transgenerational transmission of musical knowledge and skills, (i.e. methods of musical teaching and learning) in the community of Romani musicians in Klenovec and Kokava in Central Slovakia. The thesis questions widespread myth about innate musicality of Roma and suggests an alternative explanation for postulated musical excellence of Roma through differences in their musical education. In the first part of the thesis, the question of musical-talent heritability both in social and natural science is being discussed. It concludes that despite of long discussions and recent hints in the field of genetic, we cannot consider an inborn genetic component for Romani musicality. In the second part, theoretical differences in music-educational systems are discussed (Merriam, Van den Bos, Turino) and the majority's institutionalised system of musical education of the Czech Republic and Slovakia is presented. The third part is a comparison of the institutionalised system with traditional methods of musical learning and teaching inside musicians' community in Klenovec and Kokava. Specifics of these methods and their contribution to construction of Romani musicality are discussed. This part is based upon data collected during author's own ethnographic research (2013-2015). The final part of the...
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The Ortel Band Soundscape: Establishing Community Boundaries
Mára, Jaromír ; Jurková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Seidlová, Veronika (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to examine the consequences of the process of establishing the boundaries of the of the Ortel band soundscape, or else the Ortel community, as negotiated by actors both inside and outside the community and to place this negotiation into the context of endeavours to legitimise the community's values in the public space, economic aspects, political engagement, attitudes to radicalism and the experience of cultural anxiety and marginalisation of members of the community. I examine the topic through the prism of ethnomusicology and social and cultural anthropology where music lies at the centre of my interest. I define music as a social object, a human activity, an expressive culture and a fundamental element for establishing (and reading) music communities. I observe the dynamism and hetero-local nature of music communities through the concept of soundscapes. When describing the community, I focus on the permeable and fluid contours of the community's boundaries as negotiated by actors both inside and outside the community, when such boundaries require an image the enemy outside. The research is founded on ethnographic methodology. The primary source of data is field research in the form of participant observation at concerts performed by the band, semi-structured interviews...
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