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Klement Slavický and his piano music for children
Honzová, Miroslava ; Tichá, Libuše (advisor) ; Palkovská, Jana (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with instructive solo piano pieces by Klement Slavický. In the first chapter, a brief biography of the composer is presented. The second chapter is concerned with his piano cycles for children which includes the following cycles: On the Whites and Blacks, Piano and Youth, 12 Small Studies, At Home with the Piano, and Amoroso. The third chapter contains pedagogical and interpretative approach to the selected pieces from the aforementioned cycles. In this chapter, chosen practise procedure of the selected pieces, ways of dealing with the performance and technical issues as well as insights of the individual pupils are also presented. The fourth chapter contains the results of my questionnaire survey, the purpose of which was to find out the frequency of teachers' incorporation of Slavický's pieces into the pupils' repertoire, the compositions performed the most frequently, the ways pupils cope with his music as well as the teachers' own view of Slavický's personality and his music. The third and the fourth chapter also include some generally applicable didactic principles as well as author's personal observations that she considered important to mention. The aim of the thesis is to delve deeper into Klement Slavický's work for solo piano intended for children primarily...

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