Aura musica, 2012, vol. 2
Contributions
Janáček's Our Father
Josef Říha
Aura musica vol. 2, 2012:4-7 
Janáček created his special composition Our Father at the time, when he has had a number of successful works. However he has been still considered "only" a Moravian composer. These are compositions that are alive even today, to name the most important: operas Šárka, Jenůfa, Osud, success have Lachion Dances, favourite is a cycle On anOver ground Path, cantata Amarus, male choirs composed to poems by P. Bezruč and further.The opening chapter of this paperdescribes social and ethnics relations in Brno in the early 20th century and Janácek's compositional, concert, educional, organisational and publicist work. Janáček is at this time a mature personality...
New melodramas by Zdeněk Zahradník
Lenka Přibylová
Aura musica vol. 2, 2012:8-18
Zdeněk Zahradník (*1936), currently reputable composer, chairman of Association of Czech Composers Prague (department of Association of Musical Artists and Scientists) at the moment, is also intensively devoted to creating melodramas. Melodrama plays an irreplaceable role in his compositional repertoire. He has composed more than two tenths of the melodramas and melodramatic cycles so far. The presented study is concerned with Zahradnik's new piece in this genre, named "Three Melodramas" (Tři melodramy) - "The Picture", "The Marionettes" and "The Bath" (Obraz-Loutky-Koupel) from 2012, written for reciter, oboe, bassoon and piano and based on the short...
Leaders of Czech modern music theory and his critical activities
Miloš Hons
Aura musica vol. 2, 2012:20-31
Basics of Czech modern music theory were pitched in the twenties and thirties of the 20th century by Otakar Šín and Alois Hába. These developments culminated in the synthetic work on the younger generation Karel Janeček. Alois Hába (1893-1973) developed in the twenties and thirties wide compositional, pedagogical, theoretical and critical activity. Against domestic traditionalist oriented musical criticis he had strenuously defend his own compositional style. Otakar Šín (1881-1934) was devoted to music criticis only sporadically. Fully focused on harmony as his main area of theoretical interest, and therefore in its scientific reference only find this...
Mozart's last year
Pavel Holubec
Aura musica vol. 2, 2012:32-47
This paper is summing up facts about last year of life of composer W. A. Mozart, it is documenting in chronological sequence the course of events which led to composer's death and his work with focus on both finished and unfinished pieces.
Bausteine - Blocks, models of elementary improvisation and composition
Tomáš Boroš
Aura musica vol. 2, 2012:48-53
The Choral Work of Antonín Tučapský
Jana Kuželková
Aura musica vol. 2, 2012:54-57
The articel briefly concerns in the key biographical data of the compositor Antonín Tučapský, which are important for the following classification of music kind, genre, their instrumental representation and the categorization of his choral work, the text analysis and the presenting the author in the musical consequences.
The teaching of vocal agility in todays pedagogic of singing
Dagmar Zelenková
Aura musica vol. 2, 2012:58-63
Today's vocal pedagogic has its base in the principles of belcanto which is based on the technical principles of singing in the 18th and first half of th 19th century. Using the exercises of the vocal techniques of the authors of belcanto as an illustrive application the perfect agility of the voice can also be achieved today.
Slovak vocal pedagogy in musical culture development context after 1918
Marta Polohová
Aura musica vol. 2, 2012:64-67
Contribution deals with musical activities in Slovakia at the beginning of 20. century also ligned with slovakian vocal pedagogy development. Author of contribution is introducing first generation of vocal pedagogy persons in Slovakia and mapping their study period, active concert, opera and pedagogy activity.
"Deliver Us" from The Prince of Egypt - Analysis and Didactic Application
Vladimír Koupil
Aura musica vol. 2, 2012:68-77
The article is attempting to increase the awareness of a reader regarding the issues connected to the interpretation of the opening song from the animated movie The Prince of Egypt. It focuses on the didactic application in choir classes in relation to the English language and arts classes. Moreover, a thorough analytical approach is taken towards the structure of the song and its syncretic relationship.
Selected web sites suitable for music education
Zdeněk Kohout
Aura musica vol. 2, 2012:78-82
Progress in information technologies is seen mainly in infiltration of various services into websites. This offer is remarkably visible in the educational area as acquirement and progress of musical skills. The content of the article is a selection of some of these services.
Miscellanea
České sbory na 7. sborové olympiádě v Cincinnati, USA, 2012
Roman Pallas
Aura musica vol. 2, 2012:84-86
AURA - aranžérská soutěž festivalu Jirkovský Písňovar "v novém kabátě"
Luboš Hána
Aura musica vol. 2, 2012:87
CHOREA ACADEMICA ve Švýcarsku
Jiří Holubec
Aura musica vol. 2, 2012:88-89
XI. mezinárodní sympozium o sborovém zpěvu - Cantus choralis 2013 - 14.-16. 10. 2013
Vladimír Kuželka
Aura musica vol. 2, 2012:89
Antologie uměleckých směrů a skupin
Dobrava Moldanová
Aura musica vol. 2, 2012:90-91
Komorní sbor NONA PF UJEP oslavil 10 let své činnosti několika zajímavými projekty
Luboš Hána
Aura musica vol. 2, 2012:92
Celostátní soutěž studentů pedagogických fakult ČR v oboru sbormistrovství
Vladimír Kuželka
Aura musica vol. 2, 2012:93
Sheet music appendices
Pochod Louskáček
Jiří Holubec
Aura musica vol. 2, 2012:99-101
Blind Angel
Luboš Hána
Aura musica vol. 2, 2012:102-106
Na osice listí vadne
Roman Pallas
Aura musica vol. 2, 2012:107-109
Flat Feet Floogie
Pert Wajsar
Aura musica vol. 2, 2012:110-114