In the context of recent research in the field of professional musicians and their health care the question of how to prevent typical diseases of musicians is increasingly discussed. This Master´s thesis deals with the relationship between the human body and playing the oboe. It focuses on a presentation about the musculoskeletal system and the corporeal processes during a musical play. This paper moreover answers the question how important the compensation of unilateral movements is and presents options of compensation. The aim of this work is to summarize observations, personal experiences and analysis of professional sources. The outcome of this examination ought to be a beneficial and healthy system of exercises for oboists which is not only oriented on the way of practicing the musical instrument but also on the suitable physical exercises. The conclusion finally recapitulates the most important aspects of health care.

The focus of my disseraion is to proces s essential information about the marimba. Due to the fact that there is putrid informaion available about the marimba in the Czech language, I decided to undertake the task of filling in this void with my thesis. The contents of the paper include a succinct and clear history of the musical instrument, followed by main information regarding the top marimba manufacturers, and most notable modern day performers. The work is divided into three major chapters , which are further divided into subsections , together with footnotes and video attachments at the end of work.

In this work I discuss treatment options of music, the music of our bodies, the music around us and in our music. I am trying to bring hidden effects of music not only to the musicians, but to offer music hygiene that is suitable both for music professionals and there educational activites, and for musical laymen. I would like to shouw them, approuches that are currently available to us, but most people do not use them effectively. I would like to highlight the dangers that are hidden in music and versa as well as to highlight its benefits and to show its benefit. In the first chapters, I try to explain how we receive, create, divide music, and chat music gives us. In subsequent chapters I focus on the possibilities of beneficial use of music different age groups. My work can be challenging not only to musicians and educators, but also to therapeutic professions.

The repertoire of soloistic for cello is far narrower than those of other concertante instruments. So we tend to think that we know well of all the regularly performed cello concertos, in which the Elgar Concerto is among them.However, besides the concerto itself and some populare songs, variations or marches, there is little knowledge about the and work of the composer. Moreover, we have to take into account the massive influence of Jacqueline deu Pré, whose very personal and passionate performance has become an almost absolute point of refernece, above the annotations of Elgar himself. My work aims to give a broader approach to Edward Elgar ande his cwork, and to give an interpretation proposal, after having consulted the composers´marks and recordings, and contrast it with the opinions of other prestigious cellist ( Han-Na Chang and Kazimierz Michalik).

The diploma thesis discusses the Piano Quintet "The Trout" by the Viennese composer Franz Schubert. It includes the circumstance of it?s origin, pieces which inspired the composer to creat this work, but also the pieces which were inspired by this particular one subsequently. It includes formal and interpretive analysis of the work. A special chapter deals with two dramatic pieces that were directly inspired by Schubert?s Piano Quintet in A major. Last but not least, it lists 18 other works of the same instrumentation, created between 1799-2011.

The thesis is a study that focuses on folklore songs and folklore music in the region of Lachia. It intends to describe Lachia from the etnographic point of view as well as from the perspective of the region known as small Lachia concentrating on the region of Frýdlantsko. The inseperable part of Lachia is its dialect that forms the nature of the spoken language and songs and it has a unique onomatopoeia. This the reason why a significant deal of attention is paid to the dialect in Lachia in this thesis. The main topic of the thesis is the study the folklore music in Lachia. It includes a detailed description of various types of Lachian songs, their uniqueness and puts them into connection with folklore dancing because folklore songs and dance comprise an undivided whole in Lachia. There exist many foklore bands, mostly cimbalom bands, in Lachia as well as in the neighboring Valachia and further in the Moravian Slovakia. The repertory of local bands consists mostly of lachian songs and the majority of bands accompany dancing and singing performances of folklore groups, apart from their usual art activities. The thesis shows that the main function of folklore bands is to preserve the folklore music tradition in Lachia. The irreplaceable role of folklore musicians is obvious in the chapters that describe the activities of bands. Chapters that monitor the families of musicians show the mucis continuity between generations and interconnections of families. The most attention is paid to the family of Kotek, thei band and mostly to the significant local musician, singer, teacher, collector and music publicist ? Mr. Štěpán Kotek.

This paper defines the function of the bass as the basis of harmonic hierarchy at first. After that the different forms of the bass in particular periods of time are followed. Then the problem of suppressing a bass in avant-garde music of the 20th century is brought forward; its new comeback is found in the minimal and the spectral music. The thesis is based on the concept of the affinity of principles which are responsible for the harmonic and the rhythmic hierarchy; this is the reason why the bass function can emerge also in a form of the rhythmic pulsation.

This thesis engages the question of whether it is even possible to popularize or proclaim alternative or underground project. For the analysis, I chose five publishers, Minority records , Starcastic , Polí5 , Citysurfer and Quazidelict . Originally I wanted to work also include publishing a happening agency AM180 together with their festival Creepy Teepee, but despite my repeated attempts I failed to contact its founders. After some research, I estabilished, that this community does not want to be externally presented and resists any publicity in the mainstream media. Thesis is elaborated in an unconventional way, due to the absolute lack of information about all of these publishing companies, both in printed and online media, I decided to use form of a personal interview. Therefore I would also like to apologize for slang expression used by persons involved in these interviews. It illustrates the world which is discussed. In order to confront ideas, for all the interviews I used the very similar set of questions, that were altered depending on the specialization of the publisher.

This thesis presents research about the very successful career of the Czech musician and pedagogue Milan Kostohryz (1911-1998). He made a substantial contribution to composition of new pieces, re-building historical instruments, developing new instruments, revising many old compositions, and he gave instruction to a number of excellent players. His work made impact and gained recognition on an international level. The research in this thesis is based mainly on original written correspondence, and partially on personal memories of his contemporaries and family, as well as on a few public resources and preserved sound recordings.

This thesis is a summary of what an accompanist does and how fulfiling and artisti cit can be. The reader can choose whether to read the whole thesis or jumb to a specific chapter for the less experienced. The last part contains of three interwiews – there one can sense the different approach of various instruments to accompany and singing. Thanks to my experience – which is the main benefit of this work, this thesis balances between objekjtivity and subjective remarks and views.