The work is examined in detail the symphonies of Bohuslav Martinu. It contains a wide range of musical demonstrations. It also seeks to introduce closer the composer and the atmosphere of the time when symphonies were composed.

The diploma thesis is concerned with the symphonic poem Praga, Op. 26 composed by Josef Suk in 1904 in need to create a music image of Prague at the turn of the 19th and the 20th century. The thesis deals with the current research and literature situation and it presents Suk as a composer and a musician at the turn of the century. The crucial part of the thesis informs about circumstances of Praga's origin, its premieres, publication and reviews in newspapers at the beginning of the 20th century. It is particularly concerned with the description of the form and the analysis of Suk's composition. In following two chapters, Praga is set into a broader context. The first of them describes the city of Prague and its depiction in artworks at the turn of the 19th and the 20th century. The second contextual chapter discusses Suk's symphonic poem in the connection with the Hussite movement tradition formed at that time and with a Hussite song Kdož jste boží bojovníci (Ye Who Are God's Warriors) infiltrating into the awareness of the cultured and educated society during the 19th century.

This master thesis focuses on genre of vocal symphony ("choral symphony"). In the first chapter general definition of genre is aimed to be determined in both historical and semantical aspects. Special attention is paid to the role of vocal symphony in symphonic legacy of particular composers. Focus of the work lies in music analysis of two major compositions of two Czech composers of the second half of the 20th century. Vocal Symphony by Vladimír Sommer and Eight symphony ?Antiphons? by Miloslav Kabeláč. Scope of research is to evaluate use of vocal elements in the symphonic form and how it affects intended musical statement.

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The thesis examines the usage of the method of structured drama in explaining the content of a classical piece of music to pupils on Primary school. In the theoretical part, the arguments which support the combination of artistic domains - Music and Drama - from literacy sources are summarised. The connection is described from the point of view of cross- curricular relations, the activity basis of these domains and the similarities between them. The musical content is also analysed. The thesis focuses also on the used method, especially its goals, techniques and topics used on the Primary school. The research section describes hypothesis, methodology, preparation, realization and the results of an experiment, on several Primary schools. Experimental groups where introduced to the content of the B. Smetana's symphonic poem Šárka by structured drama. Control groups were familiarized with it only by reading and verbal explaining. The focus of the experiment was to compare the understanding of the content between these groups. Key words Structured drama, tale about Ctirad and Sarka, symphonic poem, B. Smetana, understanding, realization, Primary school, cross-curricular relations, listening.