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Traces of chanson of the twentieth century in the contemporary popular Belgian music
Patočka, Petr ; Ébert-Zeminová, Catherine (advisor) ; Biegel, Madeleine (referee)
The thesis aims to trace the legacy of twentieth-century French chanson (especially its Belgian branch) in the works of contemporary Belgian singers. Its first part, introduced by a brief reference to the relationship between music and poetry in the past, deals with the history of French song from its origins to the twentieth century. Then, we focus on its Belgian creators, especially Jacques Brel. In his work, we identify features present also in the contemporary layer of genre. The second part is dedicated to more profound analysis of the work of two contemporary Belgian musicians which adopt aforementioned features from Brel's songs and modify them according to their style. In this point of view, two specific songs are analysed in which Brel's legacy is subsequently revealed. Keywords chanson, Belgium, Jacques Brel, Scylla, Loïc Nottet
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Edith Piaf: Life and career
Marciňová, Veronika ; Kalfiřtová, Eva (advisor) ; Jančík, Jiří (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with life and career of Edith Piaf. The thesis also analyses individual life phases and important career moments, which contributed to the development of personality of Edith Piaf and her profession as a composer-interpreter-author. This thesis treats not only the key figures, which had an influence upon the singer's career growth, but also men, who inspired her in song writing and whom she then helped in their career. Not less important space is dedicated to the evolution and creation of the repertoire of Edith Piaf, which was formed in relation to the singer's psychological and physical state of mind. The result of this thesis is a chronologically designed plan, which provides a comprehensive view on life journey and development of career of Edith Piaf, who has become famous on a worldwide scale and contributed to the proliferation and development of chanson genre. There was also discovered a key role of Raymond Asso in formation and development of career and the importance of love relationships in obtaining inspiration and maintaining creative spirit. The method used for elaboration of this bachelor thesis was extensive research into the life and career of Edith Piaf by means of printed and electronic resources. There were also used audiovisual documents for listening...
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From cabarets to concert scene (between 19 and 20 centuries)
Kotalová, Anna ; Kalfiřtová, Eva (advisor) ; Müllerová, Eva (referee)
The aim of this thesis was to describe the history of five cabarets located in Pairs district called Montmartre - Chat Noir, Lapin Agile, Moulin Rouge, Folies-Bergére, Bobino and Olympia. The first plan was to line up cabarets chronologically and be mostly focused on their development changes - Folies-Bergere (1869) - Bobino (1973) - Chat Noir (1881( - Moulin Rouge (1889) - Olympia (1893) - Lapin Agile (1903). On the other hand, during the research, we found out that it would be better to line up cabarets due to different criterions - if they are still running, if they keep their typical cabaret atmosphere or changed to the music-hall, and if they have enriched French culture. Family atmosphere was typical for the first French cabarets. They were places where people could meet each other, drink and eat. During the time cabaret became popular place for the rich public and tourists. The big inspiration for cabarets were modern music-halls from England, however, visitors were still able to drink, eat or just meet their friends there. Typical for the program was chanson which is one of the main functions of cabarets during these days as well. In the district Montmartre, there used to be 5 cabarets - whose we examined in this thesis. On the contrary, nowadays everything is different. Cabaret Chat Noir...
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Chanson as a complex speech act and its translatability
Stehlíková, Aneta ; Jančík, Jiří (advisor) ; Suková Vychopňová, Kateřina (referee)
Title of the thesis: The chanson as a complex speech act and its translatability Keywords: chanson, translation, song lyrics, chansonnier, interpretation, acting, nonverbal communication, Aznavour, Bécaud, Piaf, Hegerová, Gott, Čeřovská, cabaret Abstract: The aim of the thesis is to describe the possibilities and the limits of translatability of chanson with regard to song lyrics and dramatic performance. The main contribution consists in determination of a relation between borrowed chansons and their French originals. The realization of the thesis is based on a research on the field of literary translation and acting on the one hand and on the analysis of song lyrics and dramatic performances on the other hand. The analyses in both cases concern three selected French chansons and Czech versions corresponding to them. The first part of the thesis defines the chanson and explains its historical development in the Czech territory. The theory of literary translation and lyrics translation is presented and applied to the translation of chanson in the second part. The third part deals with possibilities of a dramatic interpretation of chanson on the basis of the theory of acting. The last part brings a double analysis which concerns song lyrics and dramatic interpretation of chosen pairs of chanson.
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