International Journal of Choir Writing, Music Pedagogy and Music Theory

Aura musica, 2012, vol. 1


Contributions

Comparative view on fables and facts of musical language in the Renaissance

Pavel Holubec

Aura musica vol. 1, 2012:4-10  

This contribution deals with musical language and historical context of musical art in the Renaissance, reflects facts and fables, which are connected with this theme, including comparative analysis of other periods of musical development.

Beginnings of the animated cartoon in the USA

Vladimír Koupil

Aura musica vol. 1, 2012:12-15  

The aim was to describe the beginnings of the animated cartoon in USA. The delineating of the term "comic strip". The familiarization with the personage Max Fleischer, in whose studio the involvement of songs to the process of animation was used for the first time. Other significant personality Walt Disney, the personage of the animated cartoon of the 2nd half of the 20th century. Carl Stalling's merit.

"Junge Oper" as a musical opportunity for young people

Barbora Kadlčíková

Aura musica vol. 1, 2012:16-18  

The author outlines in the article the quality of the Czech opera theatres dramaturgy in relation to the child/adolescent audience and compares it with the German system of the Young Opera studios.

The Choral Interpretative Problems of the Composition I SAW THEE WEEP by Antonín Tučapský from the Musical Means point of View

Jana Kuželková

Aura musica vol. 1, 2012:20-27  

The article concerns in the problems of the interpretation from the basic point of view in the first part and in the following chapters solve the text and the music part by the analysis of the concrete composition. The chosen analysed composition I Saw Thee Weep, with that The Girls Chamber Choir of The Pedagogical Faculty of J. E. Purkyně obtained the expressive appreciation from the jury and also at the 15th International Choral Festival Trnava Choral Days in 2003.The basic chapters of the music part are: the music form and the construction, harmony and tonality, the colour of the sound, the melody, the kinetic concerning the beat, metre, rhythm...

Contemporary Czech Boys Choirs

Lucie Nováková

Aura musica vol. 1, 2012:28-32  

The article briefly deals with the beginning of boys' choirs in Bohemia and refers to contemporary boys' choirs which exist in Czech Republic. It deals with choral organizations and their leaderships.

Possibilities of interpretation theory in the study of contemporary choral works

Roman Pallas

Aura musica vol. 1, 2012:34-39  

Practicing and performing of complicated contemporary choral pieces can be easier with the use of a theory of interpretation. As a theoretical basis we can use the Jaroslav Zich's theory, which have to be partly modified to be useful for contemporary music. A theoretical knowledge are necessary part of a conductor's education as it's use can bring required perspective, easier orientation and prioritization in a seemingly confusing score.

Youth Choirs in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Germany

Jiří Slovík

Aura musica vol. 1, 2012:40-43  

This paper deals with the view of domestic high school singing and singing in Slovakia and Germany. It traces the development of choirs at high schools, mainly conservatories, secondary schools of education and especially grammar schools. It deals also with the view of neighbouring Slovakia and Germany.

The feelings of singing and its importance and interpretation in the opera lyric of the belcanto

Dagmar Zelenková

Aura musica vol. 1, 2012:44-49  

The declaration of feelings and sentiments and the base of the opera lyric and the theory of the feelings help to understand the inspiration of the music of belcanto. The singer has to prefer the good technique of the singing, which is the only way to understand deeply the interpretation of the feelings. Only that way one can talk about the credible expression of the canto.

The beginnings of Czech music press (1860-1920)

Miloš Hons

Aura musica vol. 1, 2012:50-60  

The beginnings of Czech professional music press were associated with the social atmosphere of the sixties and seventies of the 19th century. The seventies were marked by great prosperity music journalism and criticism, focusing on contemporary music of Bedřich Smetana and Antonin Dvořák. The most important magazine became Dalibor, whose activity is developed in between 1858 - the 1927th. The most important figure in Czech music critics of the 19th century became Otakar Hostinský. He advocated a newromantic oriented music of Wagner and Liszt, and Czech composers Smetana and Fibich. In the years 1910-1927 there were two opposition magazines Smetana...

Miscellanea

Osobně nebo korespondenčně? Úvaha nad současnou praxí vědeckých konferencí

Josef Říha

Aura musica vol. 1, 2012:62-63  

Výchovně-vzdělávací projekt Drážďanské filharmonie

Gabriela Wingender

Aura musica vol. 1, 2012:64  

Stručná historie sborového zpěvu na Pedagogické fakultě Univerzity J. E. Purkyně Ústí nad Labem

Vladimír Kuželka

Aura musica vol. 1, 2012:65-67  

Svatodušní svátky oslavují v německém biskupství Braunschweig zajímavým sborovým festivalem

Luboš Hána

Aura musica vol. 1, 2012:68-69  

Cantus choralis Slovaca 2010

Vladimír Kuželka

Aura musica vol. 1, 2012:70  

Americký host v Ústí nad Labem

Lenka Přibylová

Aura musica vol. 1, 2012:71  

Úspěšná reprezentace studentů katedry hudební výchovy PF UJEP

Dagmar Zelenková

Aura musica vol. 1, 2012:72  

ERASMUS v akademickém roce 2011/2012

Ivana Ašenbrenerová

Aura musica vol. 1, 2012:73  

Sheet music appendices

Notové přílohy

Aura musica vol. 1, 2012:S3-S18