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The Slovak Question in Early Alexander Matuška's Works
Bystrzak, Magdalena ; Stehlík, Michal (advisor) ; Pátková, Jana (referee) ; Maliti, Eva (referee)
Mgr. Magdalena Bystrzak The "Slovak Question" in Early Alexander Matuška's Works ABSTRACT The presented thesis deals with the issue of the "Slovak question" in early Alexander Matuška's works of 1930s. The author has in mind that A. Matuška's attitude towards the Slovak question was shaped by his contacts with the Czech intellectual elite during his studies at the Charles University in Prague (1928-1934). She comes out of an assumption that the "Slovak question" has mainly a cultural character in early A. Matuška's works. In the first part of the thesis, the author tries to show the character of the discourse on the "Slovak question" in 1930s. By researching debates on the "Slovak question" in representative cultural journals of the time, the author tries to point out that the "Slovak question" debate was not only about the emancipation of a the Slovak nation, but also about the modernization of the Slovak society. A. Matuška's early works are interpreted as a part of this effort. Both the second and the third parts are devoted to those aspects of A. Matuška's early works that the author considers as the critic's proposals for the modernization of the Slovak society. The second part is focused on his rejection of the romantic paradigm of the Slovak culture and on the A. Matuška's refusal of the then views...
Women Pianists at the Prague Conservatory during the First Czechoslovak Republic
Koščíková, Kristína ; Zdrálek, Vít (advisor) ; Ottlová, Marta (referee)
This thesis follows engagement of female pianists at Prague Conservatoire during the period of the First Czechoslovak Republic. The catalouge of newspapers and magazines articles excerpts which is stored in archive of the Prague Conservatoire became an important source in the understanding of how these women were viewed. These excerpts are for the most part of Prague provenience and they contain reference of Prague Conservatoire events or performances of its students. A detailed analysis of articles excerpts which review perfomances of piano playing students is a very important part of this thesis. The historical context of female pianist perception is crucial in viewing these women, so thesis also follows female education during the 19th and the begginning of the 20th century in Czech enviroment.

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