In this work, the author addresses how, in different ways, western composers can be inspired and influenced by the concepts of the rhythmic systems used in both North Indian (Hindusthani) and South-Indian (Carnatic) classical music. Numerous examples are given in the text from the works of various European, American and Canadian composers who received inspiration and creative material from Indian rhythms in different ways. Among these illustrations are classics of 20th century music composed by luminaries such as Olivier Messiaen, Miloslav Kabeláč and Philip Glass (among others) - for whom the highly advanced systems of rhythm from India became a major impetus for the development of their musical language. The author himself is a long-term student and performer of Indian classical music, and in this text, through examples from his own compositions, he reveals and explains different compositional techniques influenced and inspired by the systems of rhythm in Indian music.

This thesis focuses on the issue of crowdfunding – its methods, opportunities and applications in the Czech music industry. The first part of this work clarifies basic concepts from the fundraising sphere, thus attempting to define crowdfunding and set its mechanisms into both - historical and alternative contexts of financing culture within the present day. In an essayistic manner, the author outlines changes of the music industry within the world as well as the local market, spanning from the second half of the twentieth century up to the present, where it is possible to observe first impulses towards seeking alternative resources of financing culture, especially music. The theoretical part of the thesis explains how crowdfunding campaigns operate, or should operate, and what their specifics are. This work maps out the formation and functioning of crowdfunding abroad as well as in the Czech environment, while focusing on operators who provide a platform for executing crowdfunding campaigns and work out the campaigns’ analyses and comparison. This thesis’ research part describes crowdfunding campaigns’ mechanisms that concentrate on music in practice within the Czech environment. Providing examples of two case studies, this work brings qualitative analyses of successful music projects that used opportunities of crowdfunding in the Czech music industry in 2012 and 2014. As a part of the aforementioned studies, the author presents unstructured interviews with campaign creators that result in specifics, advantages as well as drawbacks, regarding application of crowdfunding in music.

The main goal of this diploma thesis is to analyse the current production of musical accessories, namely keyboard stands, and based on the information processed its own proposal stand that will meet the basic requirements for strength and positioning of compactness. The work is devided into practical and teoretical part. Theoretical part deals with the development and processing technologies of keyboard stands. The first part includes history, materials, acoustics, typology of keyboard stands and ergonomics. In the second part, there is the realization of own project, development of project from initial sketches to the final realization with regard to the requirements of a particular manufacturer.

The thesis consists of two parts: summary of the history of the czech music theory from the epoch of Charles IV. till the beginning of the 20th century and topics of the original research. The latter one contains three studies published during the doctoral programme. The first serve as a draft of an editorial note for the future reedition of the major theoretical work by Jakub Jan Ryba (Rudimentary and general basics to all the art of music). The second one deals with the rediscovery of one of the oldest harmony textbooks in czech. The third describes the beginnings of czech music acoustics in 19th century.

Theses Organizing of classical music concerts especially concentrates on practical side of above-mentioned highly complex activity. The objectives of the theses are to provide an overview of all aspects and details, which should not be neglected by organizer. At first, it discusses the possible spaces, suitable for concert use, and specifies the types of potential organizers. The main part attends to organization itself.

This thesis is focused on the role of personal maturity in a singing career and the role of emotional competencies.

The goal of my work is not only to chart the interesting intersection of music, philosophy and psychology, but also to help other artists (music composers in particular) who might read this work in the future by directing them to this less described and glossed fields of cognition. In the work I proceed from general notions to specific ones. At first positive psychology is described, followed by its affect on a human being in general. The focus point of the work is an exposition on particular impact of positive attitude and thinking on the creation of my compositions. The work is concluded by examples of presumable positive thinking in composition of music from history (mainly L. van Beethoven, O. Messiaen, S. Gubajdulina).

The theoretical part of the thesis discusses the key topics of researching musical talent. After an introductory chapter, which discusses giftedness in general, the focus turns to defining the basic concepts of musical giftedness, classifying musical abilities, and looking at the issue from historical perspective, and also the possibilities of identifying musical abilities and developing them further. The subsequent part explores the most important factors which influence musical talent: social environment, musical and personal factors. The empirical part is based on qualitative research of musicians with exceptional musical talent. Using case studies, it tries to show a specific form of musical talent and its individuality, as well as possible ways in which it can be manifested, thus complementing the findings of the theoretical part.

Diplomová práce se zabývá profesí dirigenta a způsobem jeho práce s různými typy souborů. Rozmanitost a množství existujících hudebních útvarů, stejně jako specifika, které každý druh hudebního souboru tvoří, z něj činí bohatý předmět pro zkoumání. V prvních kapitolách se zaměřuji na různé definice role dirigenta a na funkce dirigenta, stejně jako na rozličné druhy hudebních souborů. To umožňuje odhalit odlišný přístup dirigenta a jeho práci s amatérskými či profesionálními hudebníky. Práce nejenom osvětlí náplň dirigentského řemesla, ale též vztahy dirigenta s hudebníky.

The aim of this master’s thesis is to present the composer Toru Takemitsu, the composer of Japanese classical music and to understand connection between analyzed music, composer’s life and his philosophy. Thesis consists of six parts. Namely introduction, biography, musical works, characteristics of compositions, musical analysis and conclusion. Musical analysis will be performed on his composition called Rain Tree Sketch II – In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen –.