Živá hudba

(Fulltext in Czech available on the CZ version of our website) The torso of a trumpet from 1675, made in Vienna by Hans Geyer the Elder, is an important object of research into the production of brass instruments in Vienna from the organological and art historical point of view, as well as from the practical point of view for the historically…

(Fulltext in Czech available on the CZ version of our website) This study presents aspects and interrelations of cognitive and physiological processes during practicing and production, enabling musicians a deeper understanding of their impact on musical expression. Findings from different scientific disciplines are integrated into a harmonious…

This paper introduces the harmonic radius: a novel perspective on comparing the relative harmonicities of pitch collections tuned in rational intonation (JI). By means of a simple calculation that may be estimated in real time while playing, it enables musicians to further explore sounds of microtonal JI, finding connections between intonation and…

The correct intonation and size of intervals in Iranian classical music (Radif) has been debated since the beginning of the 20th century and has led to much discussion and produced differing opinions. In an attempt to arrive at a systematic approach, Iranian and Western theorists and musicologists have put forward several different theories. As…

The paper addresses choreology as a scholarly discipline interpreting dance from different perspectives, but always with the intention to deal with dance in its movement qualities and constitutive principles. Three research fields are taken into consideration as being the “domains” of author’s academic scope. These are: historical study…

(Fulltext in Czech available on the CZ version of our website) This essay attempts to capture the specifics of this technique, created by Dutch dancer, choreographer and teacher Anouk van Dijk, against the background of other approaches and different views of contemporary dance methods and movement systems. It is based on a combination of…

(Fulltext in Czech available on the CZ version of our website) In this study, I reflect on David Zambrano's Passing Through method and Flying Low technique, which, despite having a major influence on the current form of contemporary dance, have never been described in a structured and systematic way. I reflect on the circumstances of their gradual…

(Fulltext in Czech available on the CZ version of our website) The study is based on the long-term comparative-descriptive approach and the principles of Practice-Based Art Research. The main topic touches on criterial nuances suitable or necessary for a partnership of the mime with an imaginary or real object. The performer in the contemporary…

(Fulltext in Czech available on the CZ version of our website) The essay deals with the influence of the critique of rational knowledge at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries on the inclination towards dance art of the French Symbolist writers Stéphane Mallarmé and especially Paul Valéry. Valéry's intellectual-analytical approach, which he…