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Spectrum analysis of nylon strings
Leznar, Adam ; Hofman, Pavel (referee) ; Jirásek, Ondřej (advisor)
This thesis discusses instruments that use nylon strings in the context of sound quality. The thesis briefly discusses the history of the instruments, where they can be encountered and where they fit within musical instruments. In addition, basic acoustical, physical and mathematical principles relevant to understanding the subject are described. The measurement process and results are then described, comparing samples according to their excitation and how their spectra change at different positions.
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Personalities of the harp class at the Royal College of Music in London
Blažková, Karolína ; BOUŠKOVÁ, Jana (advisor) ; BRATELJEVIČ, Ana (referee)
This bachelor's thesis titled Personalities of the harp class at the Royal College of Music in London is devided into three chapters. In the first chapter the history of harp has been descirbed briefly, so that the instrument can be better understood and compared in the further text. The first chapter also provides history of RCM, becase this university is a bond of all the personalities in this thesis. The second chapter is devided into eight subchapters, which are dedicated to life and musical achievments of the RCM teachers. There, are gathed available informations from different sources, about these harpists. Third, and at the same time the last chapter, is introducing us with three of the five current London symphony orchestras, in which the harp professors of RCM have played. These orchestras are wordwide renowned and have longtime tradition. Musicians who are members of these orchestras, must have a high artistic qualities, which responds to their standards.
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Historical Development of the Harp in New Zealand
Doležilová Huangová, Jo-Chih ; BOUŠKOVÁ, Jana (advisor) ; BRATELJEVIČ, Ana (referee)
This master's thesis is about the history of the harp and the harpists of New Zealand.
Thanks to the journals of the Harp Society of New Zealand, information will be found
out about who the Harp Society of New Zealand are, what is the purpose of their
organisation and what are their past, current and future projects. Through the
information found in the journals and the interviews conducted with New Zealand
harpists and the family members of past harpists, there will be chapters that discuss
the international harpists that toured New Zealand and the national harpists of the
past and the present in New Zealand. There are also chapters that talk about the
other important people who have contributed to the harp world in New Zealand. A
comparison is also made between the life of a harpist from the past to a present-day
harpist and that includes past and current teaching methods on the harp in New
Zealand. To conclude this thesis, the final chapter will compare two solo harp pieces
by two New Zealand composers. This comparison will show how these composers
use the harp to create a unique voice to express New Zealand music.
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New knowledge of the harp technique after my many years of studying in Prague.
Xing, Yan ; BOUŠKOVÁ, Jana (advisor) ; BRATELJEVIČ, Ana (referee)
Abstract
The main theme of my work is the description of the acquired knowledge in the study of the harp. During my stay in Prague, I compared my experience in studying Chinese traditional string instruments with technique and teaching the concert pedal harp in Europe.
Based on my observations and my own practice, I found differences in the construction of the instrument, the technique of the game and the position of the hands in the game. Furthermore, the differences in notation related to the teaching methods of musical theory and listening exercises in the Czech Republic, which I did not meet in my country. No less important knowledge is the active release and methodical procedures for the composition of the compositions and their subsequent concert performance.
The final summary of these findings is that all these aspects are closely related to the musical expression and thus form a single unit that helps to perfect the interpretation of music.
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Concert pedal harps created by world's lead manufacturers
Okénková, Aneta Violeta ; BOUŠKOVÁ, Jana (advisor) ; BRATELJEVIČ, Ana (referee)
Main focus of this thesis is an enumeration of the most important and world's most famous pedal harp makers. Aim of the thesis is mainly to desribe the history of each company and its value in creating the modern pedal harp. Other types of harps with different than the pedal tuning mechanism are not mentioned on purpose and rather than reviewing the history of the pedal harp, a today's concept of creating a modern harp is described in the thesis.
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Greek and Roman musical instruments and their iconography
Waňousová, Lucie ; Ondřejová, Iva (advisor) ; Bouzek, Jan (referee)
This thesis deals with ancient string and percussion instruments with additional focus on a hydraulic organ, an instrument that is difficult to categorize. The first part of the thesis is a follow-up to the bachelor thesis Wind Instruments of Ancient Greece and Rome, which is devoted to wind instruments, and deals with the classification, description and evolution of the instruments of the other two instrumental groups. This is illustrated on the background of literary, archaeological and iconographic sources, especially on the vase painting. Vase painting well demonstrates the shape, evolution and regional occurrence of these instruments. In the second part of this thesis the Attic and southern Italy vase paintings will be used to compare musical culture in both of these areas. In Attic music scenes the chronological evolution of depicted instruments is examined, while in southern Italian scenes we will concentrate on the differences of depicted instruments in the regions of Campania, Lucania, Sicily, Paestum and Apulia. Finally, the Attic musical instruments are compared with the instruments of southern Italy. The results of the analyses will be entered into graphs. Keywords: ancient music, strings instruments, percussion instruments, Greece, Southern Italy, Campania, Lucania, Apulia, Sicily,...
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The Harp in the Old Testament and in the Culture of the Ancient Near East
Rais, Věra Zdislava ; Mikulicová, Mlada (advisor) ; Hřebík, Josef (referee)
The Harp in the Old Testament and in the Culture of the Ancient Near East. This work reviews the chordophones of the harp and lyre categories and their use in the whole Ancient Near East, including Egypt. The structure of each chapter reflects the undertaken methodology: Each chapter opens with a review of available primary and secondary sources; it is divided in separate sections with archaeological and literary material. The review is followed by discussion of the social, religious and symbolic role of a harp in the given culture. Egypt, as well as Israel/Palestine region, is covered each by its own chapter; Mesopotamia, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia are discussed together in single chapter. In Egypt, the harp play developed in immemorial tradition strongly anchored to the cult, as we can deduce from pictorial relics. Apart from the paintings depicting harp on religious occasions, it was portrayed (almost exclusively) during ceremonies of both intimate and public character. Other studied cultures offer much more wealth of information on their musical aspect. Mesopotamia developed musical notation, large number of sources give sound evidence for significant role of harp and lyre in the cult. Also in the region of today's Israel and Palestine, the chordophones became incorporated in local cult. The...
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