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Life and Work of Czech Composer Milan Kymlička
Pokludová, Gabriela ; Saláková, Magdalena (advisor) ; Perglerová, Marka (referee)
This bachelor work deals with the life and work of a Czech composer Milan Kymlicka. The aim of this work is to develop a closer view on his life especially in Czech Republic and in Canada, where he had emigrate because of the political situation. This thesis is divided into several chapters; the main theme is Milan Kymlička's biography, interviews and then finally a smaller sample of his work. The biography of Milan Kymlicka is based on telephone communications and materials, which Kymličkas wife Marie sent to me. Now she lives in Canada. It is about Kymličkas life just before he immigrated to Canada, then about living in Canada and in the end about his returning back to his homeland. The second part of this thesis deals with the interviews - the most important part. Those interviews were led with friends and colleagues of Milan Kymlicka, who provided me a telephone, or a personal interview about their common experience and work experience. The interviews are with Vit Král, Varhan Orchestrovič Bauer, Joseph Pokluda, Juraj Ďurovič. This section also contains an article written by Christopher Dedrick, the orchestrator of Milan Kymlicka, who describes Kymlička in all aspects. The third part is analysing one of the Kymlička's score and approaching the plot and contend of animated series Rupert The Bear....
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The Personality Of Miloslav Kabelac And His Sonatina For Oboe And Piano
Trnčíková, Barbora ; SEQUARDTOVÁ, Liběna (advisor) ; MIHULE, Jiří (referee)
This thesis follows the life of the Czech composer of the twentieth century, Miloslav Kabeláč, with special focus on his Sonatina for Oboe and Piano op. 24. The aim is to shed light on the grim fate of a signifiant Czech symphonist, whose music was silenced during both the World War II and the communist era in Czechoslovakia. An analysis of Sonatina for Oboe and Piano has been performed and included in order to increase the general awareness of this piece and to help other interprets better understand it and study it more thoroughly.
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Mieczysław Karłowicz and his violin concerto
Papež, Ondřej ; ŠTRAUS, Ivan (advisor) ; PAZDERA, Jindřich (referee)
This bachelor’s thesis adresses the topic called „Mieczysław Karłowicz and his violin concerto“. As a method it uses analysis of collected data from historical sources and editions of sheet music.
In its first chapter it summarizes the life and work of Mieczysław Karłowicz, adresses his style of musical expression and lists some of his main musical inspirations.
The second chapter describes the circumstances of the concerto’s creation and brings an overview of sheet music editions and recordings.
The following third chapter includes the formal and harmonical analysis of the violin concerto, with many supplementary examples from the scores.
The last fourth chapter closes the topic with an analysis of the most challenging technical problems of the solo part, which are demonstrated by additional examples from sheet music editions by I. Dubiska, G. Barinova and A. Cofalik.
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Zdeněk Fibich and his chamber music works
Bartoňová, Anna ; ČEPICKÝ, Leoš (advisor) ; PANOCHA, Jiří (referee)
This thesis is focused on analysis of chamber music works by Czech composer Zdeněk Fibich. Thesis also contains his curriculum vitae. It summarizes the background in the history of Fibich's chamber composition and points to the possibility of accepting Fibich's work as the only purely romantic footprint in Czech 19th century music.
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Comparison of Leoncavallo’s and Puccini’s opera La Bohéme
Škandera, Adam ; DOLEŽAL, Vladimír (advisor) ; MELNIK, Natalija (referee)
Bachelor thesis focuses on important figures of the great opera world of the 19th and 20th centuries, Giacomo Puccini and Rugger Leoncavallo. It focuses on the life of both composers and a summary of their opera works. Great emphasis is placed above all on La Bohéme opera, which the two composers wrote almost simultaneously. The work describes the story of both of Bohém, which, although written on the same subject of the novel by Henry Murger Scènes de la Vie de Boheme, are different and each highlights the other components of the story.
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Bartok´s piano concertos
Vrána, Tomáš ; KLÁNSKÝ, Ivan (advisor) ; KAHÁNEK, Ivo (referee)
This thesis focuses on the three piano concertos by Béla Bartók. It is aimed not only at the composer´s works for piano and orchestra, but also at the life of this artist and his personality.
Each of the three piano concertos has its own chapter. At the beginning, I add a few pieces of composer´s life for better orientation of the reader in a given topic and historical events of that time as well.
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Kaspar Joseph Mertz´s life and lifework
Zavacký, Timotej ; RAK, Štěpán (advisor) ; STEIDL, Pavel (referee)
This work focuses on the life and creative work of one of the foremost guitar composers in the romantic period and the winner of the first international guitar competition. The work focuses on the individual stages of Mertz's life, the character of the work, the concert performances, views of its members, his achievements and an overview of the work. The aim of the work is also to show the importance of Mertz's music and the benefits it has for the guitar today. The work also includes memoirs of the Russian tune, guitarist and organizer of the first international guitar contest of Nikolaj Petrović Makarov, who spent his whole life with the best guitarists and composers of the 19th century. Mertz was the best composer he had met. In these memoirs, we can learn about the character of Mertz's work, his personality and his significance. The last part of the work concentrates on an overview of Mertz's work, the character and the interpretation of his compositions.
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Sibelius: legacy of finnish music
Valentová Handzušová, Bára ; KLÁNSKÝ, Ivan (advisor) ; KAHÁNEK, Ivo (referee)
This master's thesis is dedicated to life and work of the most famous finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The work follows composers life from youth to the old age in Ainola, his composition and legacy. There are also basic information about evolution of Finland and development of music history, including significant music events and finish music education.
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