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Musical Life in Česká Lípa Region After 1945
Bendová, Eliška ; Valášek, Marek (advisor) ; Stříteská, Leona (referee)
Česká Lípa is a district seat located in the Liberec region. It had served as an important traffic junction since the Middle Ages because of its situation near the German and Polish borders. Thus, cultural customs and traditions of neighbouring countries and especially of the German majority had played a significant role in cultural events in the town and its surroundings. After both the World War I and the World War II, old residents and also new incomers endeavoured to re-establish or build a new background for the town's social life. Despite the fact that the majority of the post-war period was affected by the communist regime, the citizens set up clubs, organized competitions or festivals and by doing so, in many cases, they unknowingly built traditions that have been preserved till present days and are living inspiration for new generations of Česká Lípa inhabitants. Both the work of our ancestors and their legacy is extremely valuable cultural heritage. Due to the limited range of the diploma thesis and the author's specialization, this thesis focuses particularly on musical institutes and choirs in the region Česká Lípa. Unfortunately, the extant materials do not cover all musical activities, ensembles, personalities and events related to them since the World War II. It is worth mentioning...
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Current church choirs in Prague
Vitteková, Lucia ; Stříteská, Leona (advisor) ; Valášek, Marek (referee)
Bachelor thesis titled Current church choirs in Prague deals with the characterization and description of ten mixed choirs, aktive at major temples in Prague. The content of the chapters focuses on the history of the choirs, their location, organizational structure, repertoire, released CDs, atmosphere and cooperation within the choirs and parishes. Interviews with the choirmasters, a survey with the members of the choirs and other available materials are the sources of information for my thesis. The outcome of this work is to summarize and compare the obtained information.
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Jan Bernátek - Life and Choral Works
Glaserová, Iva ; Stříteská, Leona (advisor) ; Valášek, Marek (referee)
The thesis focuses on the personality and composer work of the contemporary Czech composer Jan Bernatek. The life and professional career of the composer are introduced; a large part of the thesis is dedicated to the author's compositions focusing on pieces meant for vocal ensembles. Essential pieces of his work were chosen from a complete list of all choir pieces, and these are introduced to a deeper extent. The most space is given to the choral piece Missa brevis and the folk cycle Mezi dvěma vinohrady. Musical analyses of these compositions contain the complete text documents and are accompanied by score samples. The scores of both given pieces are part of the thesis. We tried to describe characteristic features in Bernatek's work and to specify his compositional techniques on the basis of detailed analyses of fifteen pieces. A separate chapter is given to his composer's successes and awards.
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Bambini di Praga
Jindřich, Lukáš ; Valášek, Marek (advisor) ; Pecháček, Stanislav (referee)
The author of this graduation theses on the theme "Bambini di Praga" gives a complete information about the Czech children's choir with a long tradition. He monitores its history in full details from the very beginning, it means from 1940 till today. He introduces its founders and choirmasters who are engaged in this choir today. He describes the School of Choir Singing by Bambini di Praga which was founded as a first private school of this type after a velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia. In further chapters the author focuses on relationships inside the choir as well as on its influence on choir members. He draws from his own experience as a member of the Bambini di Praga. At the close of the theses he speculates upon a purpose of children's choirs in 21st century. There are several interviews with composers who ever composed for the choir in this theses as well as personal memories of Mrs. Blanka Kulinska, a choirmaster and one of the founders of the choir. A complete repertoire of the choir, a full discography and a list of foreign concert tours are enclosed.
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Birth of the Baroque Cantate
Konvalinková, Anna ; Stříteská, Leona (advisor) ; Valášek, Marek (referee)
The thesis deals with the birth of the Baroque cantata in Northern and Central Germany. It introduces musical forms that led to the creation of cantata and thus significantly influenced its form, which crystalized during the Late Baroque period. The picture of Early Baroque German music is completed with profiles of three principal composers, on a selection of whose works the gradual development of this new musical form - the German Baroque cantata - is demonstrated. The second part is devoted to an analysis of a work representative of this style, Dietrich Buxtehude's Membra Jesu nostri, which is a supreme example of this musical form.
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