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The Pianist's Feeling for Harmony in Compositions from Romanticism
Široká, Zuzana ; Gregor, Vít (advisor) ; Palkovská, Jana (referee)
This thesis explores different ways in which pianist perceive harmony in compositions of the Romantic era. I write about history of harmony and about the context of the Romantic era at the beginning of the thesis. Then I write about Chopin and about his work with a motion, a sound and harmony. The rest of the work devotes to the research. I conducted qualitative research. I interviewed four pianists, with each pianist we talked about three compositions of the Romantic era. I gave scores of the Chopin's Mazurka B minor, op. 30, no. 2 to all of them, the rest of the compositions were chosen by the pianists. They had to choose two compositions, which were created by R. Schumann, S. Rachmaninoff, or F. Liszt. I ask them questions, which realize me to find how they work with the tonality, and to find if they find some characters in keys. I wanted to find how much is important the relief for the hands for them and how much they tend to make a detailed harmonic analysis. I also tried to find if the analysis is rather intuitive or conducted process for them. I interviewed very successful piano teacher Viktoria Kraf and three famous Czech pianists Jaroslava Vernerová, Miroslav Sekera and Jan Jiraský, the professor of the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno. The answers of the pianists can...
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Virtuosity in the etudes of Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and Sergei Rachmaninoff
Pivoňková, Amálie ; Gregor, Vít (advisor) ; Tichá, Libuše (referee)
The bachelor thesis Virtuosity in the etudes of Fryderyk Chopin, Ferenc Liszt and Sergei Rachmaninoff deals with the study of virtuosity and virtuoso elements in the etudes of Chopin, Liszt and Rachmaninoff. The work first explains what piano virtuosity is and what it consists of. Based on this, the following chapters of the above-mentioned composers are examined and analyzed in the following chapters, as an ideal example of virtuosity. Chopin's Etudes are divided according to the issues that dominate them. Liszt's and Rachmaninov's etudes are not divided according to the issue, as they are more complex. They often contain a combination of multiple problems, and it is difficult to determine which one prevails. Despite the fact that they are not divided, they are treated in the same way as Chopin's etudes. According to the specific problems, the work finds out how to practice the etude and what pitfalls need to be overcome for the interpretation to be successful. At the beginning of the chapter, the author outlines the life destinies of the above composers. Thanks to a brief introduction of each of them, it is easier to understand the way in which each of them composed and what is characteristic of their creation. The thesis emphasizes that virtuosity is not just a technical matter, but a summary of...
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Commented translation: Franz Liszt. Biographie eines Superstars - selected chapter (HILMES, Oliver. Franz Liszt. Biographie eines Superstars. München: Siedler Verlag, 2011)
Řeřichová, Michaela ; Špirk, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Kloudová, Věra (referee)
The subject of this thesis is a commented translation of the second chapter of the biographical book Franz Liszt. Biographie eines Superstars, written by the German author Oliver Hilmes. The thesis consists of two main parts - a translation and a commentary divided into several chapters. The aim of the first part is to create a functionally equivalent translation and fulfill the intention of the author, taking into account the expectations of recipients. The subsequent commentary includes a translation analysis of the original text based on the model of Christiane Nord, a description of the translation method and translation procedures, and also a typology of translation problems at different textual levels, including their solutions. The last chapter deals with translation shifts.
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Commented translation: Franz Liszt. Biographie eines Superstars - selected chapter (HILMES, Oliver. Franz Liszt. Biographie eines Superstars. München: Siedler Verlag, 2011)
Řeřichová, Michaela ; Špirk, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Kloudová, Věra (referee)
The subject of this thesis is a commented translation of the second chapter of the biographical book Franz Liszt. Biographie eines Superstars, written by the German author Oliver Hilmes. The thesis consists of two main parts - a translation and a commentary divided into several chapters. The aim of the first part is to create a functionally equivalent translation and fulfill the intention of the author, taking into account the expectations of recipients. The subsequent commentary includes a translation analysis of the original text based on the model of Christiane Nord, a description of the translation method and translation procedures, and also a typology of translation problems at different textual levels, including their solutions. The last chapter deals with translation shifts.
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