abstract: Charles-Valentin Alkan’s Grande Sonate Op. 33 ‘Les quatre âges’ is a unique four-movement work for piano solo that programmatically represents a man’s life through four decades, passing from age 20 to 50, with each movement being progressively slower than the previous. Published in 1847, it was destined for obscurity until it was rediscovered and premiered in 1973 by English pianist Ronald Smith. Its absence from the public’s reach can be attributed to multiple reasons including the reclusive nature of the composer during the time of composition and the societal issues surrounding the French Revolution of 1848. Much of Alkan’s music has a reputation for being nearly unplayable because of its complexity and the extremely high level of technical facility a pianist must possess in order to perform it convincingly. Aside from its performance length of nearly an hour, there are many technical issues that prevent Alkan’s Grande Sonate from being performed more frequently. This paper is an exploration of some of these performance and technical issues for consideration by pianists interested in solving the riddle of performing Alkan’s Grande Sonate. The findings explored are based in part on the author’s experience in performing the complete Grande Sonate in recital, as well as on extant research into Alkan’s life and the interpretation and performance of his works. The paper concludes with an appendix and link to the author’s live performance of the work, another appendix renotating the fugato from Quasi-Faust, and a third appendix providing extensive fingering and voice redistribution for Les enfans [sic] from 40 ans. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Music 2018

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In der Sekundärliteratur werden als Bezugspunkte für Valentin Silvestrovs (geb. 1937) Zwölftonmusik gleichberechtigt Anton Webern und Pierre Boulez genannt.

The purpose of this essay is to rethink the idea of who an artist is, and the term of "art", from the perspective of a forgotten visual world, buried in the medical records of Fredrik Valentin Klinghammer, who was institutionalized in Uppsala 1903-19. A man with no training in art who left a big amount of pictures behind after his death. The moethod of intertextuality is applied, relating to impressionism, symbolism and cartoon drawings from news papers in the 1800's. The results show Klinghammer had good knowledge of the art currents, he was likely inspired by them and created imagery that should be considered as art since it awakes emotions and also redefines the role of the artist.

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The thesis analyzes the non-standard vowel length and shortness in the complete hymn book of Valentin Šubar, as it is presented in the edition published by the Utraquist Jiří Hanuš of Kronenfeld in 1612 (Knihopis K16012). Based on selected transliterated segments, the level of consistency in the marking of vowel quantity is identified, and the outcome is subsequently taken into account when interpreting individual non-standard forms. Consequently, the results of previous research on vowel length marking in the 17th century Czech prints are slightly modified and the incorrect datation of surviving exemplars of the hymn book is corrected.

Cette thèse est une recherche comparative globale des techniques pianistiques utilisées dans les Douze études dans les tons mineurs op. 39 de Charles-Valentin Alkan et les Études d'exécution transcendante de Franz Liszt. À partir de ce concept, ce document explore l'évolution du piano en France à l'époque des deux compositeurs. De plus, il détermine leurs innovations pianistiques ainsi que les styles personnels qui les caractérisent dans ces deux recueils. On y trouve également une analyse du langage musical apparu dans chaque étude et l'influence des autres compositeurs. Cet écrit présente un parcours des différentes textures pianistiques du point de vue de l'interprète. Ce survol a pour but d'arriver à une pratique optimale ainsi qu'à une utilisation efficace des moyens corporels pour obtenir une meilleure qualité de son. En somme, cette recherche porte sur la résolution des problèmes techniques des œuvres de ces deux compositeurs qui se trouvent au sommet de la virtuosité au 19e siècle. / This thesis is a comprehensive comparative research of piano techniques used in Charles-Valentin Alkan's Twelve Etudes In the Minor Keys op. 39 and Franz Liszt's Transcendental Etude. From this starting point, this document explores the historical evolution of the piano in France during these two composer's time. It also determines their pianistic innovations as well as the personal styles that define them in these two collections. The reader will also find an analysis of the musical language that appeared in each etude as well as the influence from other composers' styles. This document presents an overview of different pianistic textures explained from the interpreter's standpoint. This overview targets an optimal way for practicing and an efficient use of the body in order to obtain a better sound quality. Thus, this research is about the resolution of technical problems that one can find in the works of these two composers who are at the top of the 19th Century's virtuosity

La Manfrediana methodus, expression de Joachim von Sandrart, désigne une façon de peindre d’après Bartolomeo Manfredi, peintre italien du XVIIe siècle, adaptée aux sujets de genre (le concert, le jeu…) et à certains sujets religieux. Elle trouve sa racine dans l’art du Caravage qu’adopte Manfredi avec originalité et dont ses contemporains vont également contribuer à mettre en place. Les peintres étrangers venus à Rome dans les années 1610 vont être séduits par cette « méthode » et on assistera à des variations autour des thèmes de la bonne aventure, des scènes de réunion ou du Reniement de Saint Pierre. La mort de Manfredi en 1622 et le retour de ses suiveurs dans leur pays à partir de 1620 marquent le début de la diffusion de la « méthode » en Europe. Utrecht et Anvers constitueront ses foyers nordiques principaux où elle s’éteindra autour des années 1630. Sa présence en France (à Paris, à Langres, en Languedoc, en Lorraine, et en Provence) sera notamment soulignée avec les cas de Georges de La Tour et Trophime Bigot. En Italie, si la « méthode » a survécu à Rome jusque dans les années 1630, en Toscane elle cristallise en un langage artistique particulier ; à Naples, sa trace peut être suggérée et c’est avec Mattia Preti qu’elle semble trouver ses derniers souffles, au-delà de 1650. En Espagne enfin, les premières scènes de genre Vélasquez peuvent très bien renvoyer à la « méthode ». Celle-ci, de par son adoption par des artistes d’origines diverses et de sensibilités différentes, se verra ainsi être utilisée avec des variations stylistiques et thématiques et se présente comme l’un des phénomènes artistiques européens les plus importants du XVIIe siècle. / The Manfrediana methodus, an expression by Joachim von Sandrart, refers to a method of painting after Bartolomeo Manfredi, an Italian painter in the 17th century, with life-size and half-length figures for genre subjects (concert, card players…) and some religious ones. The “method” is rooted in the art of Caravaggio adopted by Manfredi with originality, however, his contemporaries also contribute to its establishment. Foreign painters in Rome were seduced by Manfredi’s art as the variations on the Fortune-telling scenes, meeting scenes and the Denials of Saint Peter prove. Manfredi’s death in 1622 and the return of his followers in their country marks the diffusion of the “method” in Europe. Utrecht and Antwerp are its most important centers where it flourished until around 1630s. Its presence in France (Paris, Languedoc, Lorraine, Langres and Provence) can be underlined with the case of Georges de La Tour and Trophime Bigot. In Italy, if the “method” had survived in Rome until the 1630s, it crystallized in Tuscany in a particular artistic language. In Naples, its trace can be suggested and its last breaths, beyond 1650, seems to be found thanks to Mattia Preti. In Spain, the first genre scenes by Velazquez and the Triumph of Bacchus may well refer to it. Through the adherence by painters with various origins and different sensibilities, the “method” is used with stylistic and thematic diversities and represents one of the most important European artistic phenomenon in the 17th century.

Valentin Raspoutine (né le 15 mars 1937) et Alexandre Vampilov (19 août 1937-17 août 1972) sont deux auteurs dont l'œuvre présente un intérêt particulier pour la critique littéraire contemporaine. La pénétration émotionnelle et philosophique dans la nature de " l'Autre " et l'aspiration à sa reconstitution esthétique sont caractéristiques de Valentin Raspoutine comme d'Alexandre Vampilov. Le rôle de l'anthropologie artistique dans l'esthétique des deux créateurs reste toujours un champ vaste de réflexion et d'interprétation. La thèse prouve que ce sont les espaces communicatifs des œuvres de Raspoutine et de Vampilov qui contiennent des repères de l'authenticité et de la prédestination de la personnalité de fiction. L'étude met en évidence le but de l'existence artistique de la personnalité unique du narrataire, du héros et du narrateur dans l'œuvre de l'écrivain et celle du dramaturge.

The diploma thesis deals with German historiography in South Bohemia in the late 19th and 20th century. The main subjects of the research are four semi-professional regional historians; native German who studied south-bohemian history. The first one was a teacher and city archivist Reinhold Huyer (1850-1928), the second was a governor archivist Karl Köpl (1851-1932), then a Cistercian priest Valentin Schmidt (1863-1927) and a teacher and politician Franz Engelbert Vollgruber (1847-1917). The first chapter discusses the development of German historiography in the Czech lands. Then, the chapter analyses the definition, progression and the representatives of Czech and German regional history, mainly in South Bohemia. The second chapter portrays private and public life of these authors. The third chapter maps their work, whose primal concern was the history of south-bohemian region, their aims, topics they dealt with, their used primal sources and literature, editorial work and their contribution to the knowledge of the local history. The last chapter shows the bibliography of the work of Huyer, Köpl, Schmidt and Vollgruber. The conclusion sums achieved results of the research. After the conclusion, there is a list of used primal sources, literature and appendixes. The thesis is mainly based on the study of personal collection of German historians, their independent publications and regional newspapers, where their most often contribution concerned the local history.