Aura musica, 2013, vol. 4

Ústecká sborová "škola" (Drobná úvaha o umělecké tradici)

Miloš Hons

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:4-5  

Význam zborového spevu pre interpreta

Pavel Martinka

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:6-11  

The paper deals with determinants of motivation to participiate in choral singing. Also the paper brings information how singers consider and evaluate their acitivity. We realized short research focused on phenomenon of motivation of choral singing and its sense. Research was realized in two chorals in town of Zvolen (Slovak republic): Zvolenský spevácky zbor (Choir of Zvolen) and choir Dominicus by church and monastery of st. Dominik.

Janáčkův Otčenáš - dekompozice celku

Pavel Holubec

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:12-21  

The paper analyzes selected parts of the cantata "The Lord's Prayer" of Leoš Janáček especially in terms of harmony, melody and some specific features of author's means of expression.

A Brief Introduction to Volunteer Church and College/University Choirs in the United States and Especially in Cortland, New York

Donna K. Anderson

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:22-27  

Způsoby práce v zaběhlém amatérském sboru

Luboš Hána

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:28-33  

The contribution deals with evolution of own choir from youth choir into an adult choir. It is based on 15 years experience with founding and conducting the choir. The author of the study tries to formulate choirmaster competences needed for conducting a choir. He shows the necessity of changing repertoir and the way of choir work to current social situation and abilities of its members. The level of the choir (which is mathematicaly "ungraspable") is described with hyperbole to Einstein Special Theory of Relativity.

Sbory a kantáty Miloslava Kabeláče (1908-1979)

Stanislav Pecháček

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:34-41  

Miloslav Kabeláč belongs to the most important Czech composers of 20th century thanks to his original composition technique and to human message of his works. The center of his output is in symphonic and chamber music, but he wrote also choirs and cantatas. This paper describes Kabeláč's life, his social position in two totalits; nevertheless the most important part of the text deals with survey of Kabeláč's choral and cantata pieces including characteristics of his personal style. Its originality is in modality, in tendency to polyphony, in technique of interval expanding and in the last works also in combination of different tempos in the same time.

Mutace v chlapeckém sboru

Lucie Nováková

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:42-55  

The article deal with developing of boy's changing voice. It describes its phases and it aims at factual possibilites of working with the boy's voice in this period. It presents three different approaches: chest voice singing, head voice singigng and combination of both.

Společný zpěv účastníků sympozia - nácvik vlastních sborových úprav

Luboš Hána

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:56-58  

The article deals with presentation of two choir arrangements of popular songs in Cantus Choralis - an international choir syposium. It describes the problematice of rehearsing this songs during symposium. The atricle analyses possibilities and difficulties of their interpretation in common choir practise.

Schola cantorum - vokálne teleso gregoriánskeho chorálu

Janka Bednáriková

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:59-63  

Spevokol Štiavničan

Marián Janek

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:64-70  

Štiavničan choir, male choir, which operates in Banská Štiavnica more than 41 years. In its history it was replaced by four Choirmasters and more than eighty singers. Its origins, its orientation and appearance is considered mining choir. In addition to mining repertoire consists of songs Stiavnicke student songs, religious songs, folk and national songs and classical choral music. The focus of the speeches church events are organized around the town Banská Štiavnica, cultural events, Vol. Mass burials. In 2013 the choir was placed in a silver band on competitive exhibition of church songs in Kremnici.

Význam soutěží pro umělecký růst pěveckých sborů

Kateřina Jakšová

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:70-72  

This article discusses the choir competitions in terms of importace for other artistic choirs activities. The supply is focused on the artistic growth choirmaster, singers and whole choir. Part of the text is also short reflection of International festival for young singers in Worcester, in which the author demonstrates contribution simile events for further artistic growth choirs.

Súčasný stav a problémy amatérskeho zborového spevu na Slovensku v regióne Spiša

Igor Grega

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:73-77  

Chrámový spevácky zbor ANDREJ a jeho prínos pre hudobno-kultúrny rozvoj mesta Ružomberok

Zuzana Zahradníková

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:78-82  

Choir singing has got a specific position within the Slovak music culture, inter alia also thanks to the activity of numerous non-professional choirs. One of them is also the more than one hundred years old church choir "Andrej" in the parish church of St. Andrew in Ružomberok. Although the choir has experienced its "crises" and periods of instability, the continuousness of this choir throughout long decades can be seen in the fact that it has always been the parish church choir and its activity has never been interrupted or suspended for more than two years. Thanks to dedicated choirmasters, who have been very good and practical musicians, the choir...

Moje cesta ke sborovému zpěvu

Jan Prchal

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:83-85  

Dospělé pěvecké sbory v Opavě

Jiří Slovík

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:86-89  

The town of Opava has been the centre of Silesia and as such it has also become the centre of children, youth, adult and church choir. The oldest of them has been the Křížkovský Choir, the activity of which was initiated in 1887. Other choirs have been the Silesian Teachers Male Choral Society (since 1906) and Silesian Teachers Female Choral Society (since 1958). The youngest of the adult choirs has been the Chamber Choir of Silesian University.

Mše v nonartificiální hudbě

Kristýna Přívarová

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:90-94  

The contribution introduces the project called Mass in Non-artificial Music, which took place in 2011 under the auspices of the UJEP Pedagogical Faculty. The project included study and subsequent rendition of three cycles representing uncommon combination of the traditional mass form with non-artificial musical content. Three participating regional choirs are briefly introduced in the beginning of the article: Ventilky Mixed Chamber Choir (Music School in Jirkov), COMODO (Grammar School Chomutov), and NONA Chamber Choir (UJEP Pedagogical Faculty in Ústí nad Labem). The second part of the article is devoted to the cycles that have been studied: A Little...

Prof. PhDr. Tomáš Fiala, CSc. a Slovensko alebo šesť zastavení s Tomášom Fialom

Milan Pazúrik

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:95-99  

Liturgická hudba v katedrále Božského Spasitele v Ostravě

Anna Najsrová

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:100-103  

Paper reflects the current state of liturgical music at the Cathedral of the Holy Saviour in Ostrava. It focuses on activities as a church choir, local youth group and the organists who are currently active in the local parish. The paper is also a list of the most important concerts and musical performances, which in the temple of the Holy Saviour in recent years took place.

Vlastimil Kobrle - sbormistr a pedagog

Petr Zeman

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:104-107  

The article summarizes the content of Powerpoint presentation and is focused on the biography of Prof. PhDr. Vlastimil Kobrle at the occasion of his 85th birthday. The main subsections fold up a picture of his education, proffesional life, artistic efforts and successes in Usti Children's Choir, discography, scientific works and achievements.

Regionální amatérské středoškolské pěvecké sbory v Přerově

Jan Spisar, Markéta Myšková

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:108-110  

This article discusses the charakteristics of amateur choirs in high school Přerov and their cooperation. Then it partly traces thein koncert and competitive activities and repertoire input focus.

Zborový spev na Konzervatóriu Jána Levoslava Bellu v Banskej Bystrici

Katarína Koreňová

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:110-113  

The article describes the creation and activities of Female and Mixed Choirs at the Conservatory of Jan Levoslav Bella from different aspects: historical, practical and repertoire and it also shows the achievements and awards of the choirs.

Zvolenský spevácky zbor - najstarší činný spevácky zbor na Slovensku z mesta Zvolen oslavuje svoje 130. narodeniny. História zboru

Michal Brodniansky

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:114-117  

The article is devoted to the singing choir in Zvolen which is the choir with the longest tradition in Slovakia. It is dealing with its foundation, conditions in particular periods, conductors working in this choir, as well as with the important awards or performances which this choir in its 130 years long tradition experienced or took part in.

Zvolenský spevácky zbor - najstarší činný spevácky zbor na Slovensku z mesta Zvolen oslavuje svoje 130. narodeniny. Osobný pohľad dirigenta na vnútorné dianie v zborovom telese od r. 2011

Martina Filkorová

Aura musica vol. 4, 2013:118-119