PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF INTERCULTURAL PEDAGOGY THEORY IN MUSIC EDUCATION

PRAKTYCZNE ZASTOSOWANIA TEORII PEDAGOGIKI MIĘDZYKULTUROWEJ W EDUKACJI MUZYCZNEJ

Author(s): Jarosław Chaciński / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2015

Keywords: intercultural music education; world music; music curriculum; folk music; classical music; artistic stylization

The primary goal of this essay is to describe the connections between intercultural pedagogical theory and its practical applications in music education. The author stresses the significance of this particular field of education and its impact on young people. When anchored in a variety of cultures, musical phenomena provide a unique opportunity to initiate students into a world in which the beauty and aesthetic values of the other are experienced and reflected upon. At the same time, they encourage students to engage in a dialogue with the other through non-verbal channels of communication. Intercultural music education usually follows two conceptual models: one centered on activities, such as singing, dance, and playing musical instruments, and the other, focusing on the listening experience to world music. Intercultural music education is typically pursued using folk music as the most primeval form of human activity. Folk music is also used as an inspiration for musical stylization. It must be emphasized that composers often used this source of inspiration to create outstanding musical works. Sacred music provides a unique means to engage with the spiritual sphere inherent in other cultures. This particular form helps to discover aesthetic qualities in music and explore the depths of religious experience in other people, as well as the space of their religion-driven existential pursuits that are exemplified in music.

EBERHARD PREUßNER’S IDEAS CONCERNING THE RELATIONS BETWEEN MUSIC PEDAGOGY AND THE CULTIVATION OF THE GENERAL MUSICAL LIFE

EBERHARD PREUßNER I JEGO WYOBRAŻENIA O ZWIĄZKACH MIĘDZY PEDAGOGIKĄ MUZYCZNĄ I PIELĘGNOWANIEM POWSZECHNEGO ŻYCIA MUZYCZNEGO

Author(s): Christoph Richter / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2015

Keywords: Eberhard Preußner; Leo Kestenberg; Die Musikpflege; music education; amateur Choir; amateur musician; music politics

Since the 1930s, Słupsk-born Eberhard Preußner (1899-1964), who would later becomepresident of the Akademie Mozarteum Salzburg, had been ranking among Leo Kestenberg’s(1882-1962) most important colleagues. From 1930 to 1943 he was the editor of the periodical “Die Musikpflege” which was changed into an official institution following the Enabling Act of 1933. This article systematically and critically pursues thequestion if and how this periodical, for which Preußner had been able to recruit numerouscompetent and high-profile authors, has contributed to supporting Kestenberg’s conceptof a music-reform in its first three year’s issues before his compulsory retirementand emigration.

MUSIC EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN THE WORKS OF CRACOW EDUCATORS FROM THE 2ND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY

WYCHOWANIE MUZYCZNE DZIECKA W PRACACH KRAKOWSKICH PEDAGOGÓW 2. POŁOWY XX WIEKU

Author(s): Romualda Ławrowska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2015

Keywords: pedagogy of music; early (child`s) musical education; training of music teachers;methodology of teaching music; history of musical pedagogy

In Poland after the Second World War, the education of children became the entraltopic of interest of many educators who craved the Polish cultural and intellectual rebirth after war damages. During that time, the pedagogy of cultural and aesthetical upbringing (including music education) was particularly emphasized. The author presents the practical and theoretical research (conducted in Cracow) pertaining to early child development. They include: the establishment of the first network of musical pre-schools in Poland (the Cracow curriculum and Methodical Concept) and numerous researchpublications. The author concludes the essay by offering new pedagogical directions inearly education in the period of digitization in the 21st century.

AN OUTLINE OF A TEACHING AID FOR SLOVAK MUSIC PEDAGOGY

AN OUTLINE OF A TEACHING AID FOR SLOVAK MUSIC PEDAGOGY

Author(s): Renata Kočišová / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2015

Keywords: music education; didactic interpretation of the opera; teaching aid; Eugen Suchoň

A mission of current as well as future generations of pedagogues is to search for a balance between supranational politico-economic interests and the presentation of nationalhistoric-artistic roots. Despite the many efforts by humanists, it is still true that historic memory and veneration of national values is not a strong aspect of Slovak society. Lifelong education through art could bring a shift in the quality of appreciating cultural accomplishments. Artists and their most significant masterpieces are examples which attract attention abroad as well as at home. In contemporary music education, such development in the dissemination of information which uses new technologies as well as playful and undemanding methods enriches the teaching process with a range of teaching aids and applies an individual approach to each student in the class is expected. An example for opening such a dialogue between a teacher and a student which would allow entrance into the operatic“world” of national schools are the works of such significant personalities as B. Smetana, S. Moniuszko, F. Erkel, E. Suchoň and others. National awakening, relating to traditions, the choice of literary bases, music script, or the composer’s synthetism of these central- European music personalities, are a source of continuous analyses, discussion topics, and educational activities. Opera as an exclusive form for the exacting, so-called gesamtkunstwerk,is, in the pedagogical process, a highly demonstrative form and it is necessary to treat it didactically in such a way so that it is intelligible for younger generations, musically or otherwise gifted. The contribution presents the possibility of introducing the opera “Katrena” – a piece from the period of Slovak musical modernism - with elements of verism, Brechtian and Janáček-esque theatre – swayed by political regulations into the primary school classroom. The teaching aid – a music presentation – comprises a chronologically organized audiovisual overview of the opera. It includes a workbook by means of which teachers obtains feedback about the creativity and knowledge of their students. In this way, the audio information is transferred and intensified by other sensory information, which might bring a memory trace of higher quality. The main objective of this study is to indicate how to involve a Slovak opera – or its audiovisual recording – in teaching music at our schools.The process of involving the matter is taking place within the framework of pedagogical interpretation of a specific opera work. The efforts of the author of the study have resulted in completing a DVD containing the crucial extracts of the opera and a workbook – both representing an interlinked teaching aid for the purposes in question.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF VOICE COMPETENCES OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE STUDY PROGRAMME OF PRESCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY PEDAGOGY

THE DEVELOPMENT OF VOICE COMPETENCES OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE STUDY PROGRAMME OF PRESCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY PEDAGOGY

Author(s): Martina Procházková / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2015

Keywords: student of preschool and elementary pedagogy; voice development; voice competences; music activities; external and internal factors limiting voice development

The contribution deals particularly with external factors limiting voice developmentin undergraduate students of preschool and elementary pedagogy. The authoress also depicts the ways how to make the acquisition of voice competences more effectiveduring university studies by means of creative activities focused on the voice developmentof children (students) in a particular stage of education.

INTERSECTIONS OF DRAMATIC ARTS AND MUSIC EDUCATION

INTERSECTIONS OF DRAMATIC ARTS AND MUSIC EDUCATION

Author(s): Mária Zahatňanská,Eva Kušnírová / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2015

Keywords: dramatic education; creative drama; cross-curricular relations; intersection of dramatic art education and music education

The contribution focuses on the possibilities of applying the elements of music education within the theory and practice of drama education in the education of undergraduatestudents – the future elementary and secondary school teachers. Implementation ofmusic education to the subject of Drama education in the study programme "Teaching comprehensive" subjects’ allows the participants: a) learn how to use the aforementioned educational art subjects as the possibility tocreate a positive atmosphere in the classroom by creative education; b) activate students in educational process. The theoretical part of the paper is illustrated by the examples from the educationalpractice compiled by the authoresses.

PIANO MINIATURE AS A STARTING POINT TO MUSICAL ACTIVITIES WITH CHILDREN OF AN EARLY SCHOOL AGE

DIE KLAVIERMINIATUR ALS EIN AUSGANGSPUNKT FÜR MUSIKALISCHE AKTIVITÄTEN VON KINDERN IM GRUNDSCHULALTER

Author(s): Jiřina Jiřičková / Language(s): German / Issue: 4/2015

Keywords: music education; early school age; piano; model situations; piano miniature Jiřina Jiřičková

This paper discusses the role of the piano as a didactic instrument for children. Thepiano offers a great motivational aid in music education and provides an important aid inspecific musical activities designed for children. A model scenario, developed by the author, presents a wide array of piano exercises that can be adopted during music lessons.They contain progressively structured musical activities, which are playful in characteras well as suggest a specific teaching pedagogy.

THE PHENOMENON OF MULTICULTURAL INSPIRATIONS IN WORKS OF MODERN GDAŃSK COMPOSERS

ZJAWISKO MIĘDZYKULTUROWYCH INSPIRACJI W TWÓRCZOŚCI WSPÓŁCZESNYCH KOMPOZYTORÓW ŚRODOWISKA GDAŃSKIEGO

Author(s): Joanna Schiller-Rydzewska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2015

Keywords: Gdańsk; modern composers; multicultural inspirations; music in Gdańsk; Gdańsk’s composers milieu; artistic milieu; music in Tricity and Pomerania Region

Multicultural inspirations in the works of modern composers from Gdańsk are phenomenathat became a part of tradition, social structure, geographical situation, and the historyof Gdańsk. In the diversified musical environment of the post-war Gdańsk, the threegroups of composers active in the city are recognized. The first group includes the native- born composers; the second group consists of composers who came from differentparts of Poland and settled in Gdańsk; the third group (the most difficult to compartmentalize) includes composers temporarily living in the city. The examination of artistic achievements of Gdańsk composers after the Second War World reveals three distinct domains of multicultural inspirations. The first involves cultural fascination with remote places of Europe and the world. The second draws on inspiration from the native folk culture, including the Kashubian folklore. The third domain borrows from the mass culture that aspires to the rank of sophisticated art.

THE FIGURE OF A GYPSY MUSICIAN AND A ROMANTIC VIRTUOSO. A BRIEF SKETCH OF SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES

POSTAĆ MUZYKA CYGAŃSKIEGO I ROMANTYCZNEGO WIRTUOZA. KRÓTKIE STUDIUM PODOBIEŃSTW I RÓŻNIC

Author(s): Anna G. Piotrowska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2015

Keywords: Gypsy musician; Gypsies; virtuoso; rhapsode/rhapsodist; improvisation

The paper discusses the identity of a Gypsy musician and explains the conditions underwhich this figure can be identified as a prototypical romantic virtuoso. Since improvisingartists were heavily criticised in the early 19th century as those contaminating the true art, they soon became the objects of ambivalent perceptions: admired for their command of the instrument and, at the same time, eschewed by professional musicians. In the 1840s, Gypsy musicians became more appreciated as the their culture and history began gaining currency among scholars. Since Gypsy musicians relied heavily on oral tradition, they were often associated with the practice of improvisation. This common perception of the Gypsy musician – so deeply indebted in the romantic ideology of alienated genius – became one of the most stereotyped images of Gypsies in the European culture.

BRONISŁAWA WAJS’S POETRY AS A MUSICAL AND LITERARY INSPIRATION IN JAN KANTY PAWLUŚKIEWICZ’S SYMPHONIC POEM HARFY PAPUSZY

MUZYCZNO-LITERACKIE INSPIRACJE POEZJĄ BRONISŁAWY WAJS W POEMACIE SYMFONICZNYM JANA KANTEGO PAWLUŚKIEWICZA PT. HARFY PAPUSZY

Author(s): Katarzyna Chacińska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2015

Keywords: Papusza; musical inspirations; stylized vocal music; bel canto; gypsy folk songs

In the introduction, the author focuses on Roma themes and motifs that inspired various19th century composers. A Roma poetess, Bronisława Wajs, or Papusza, is discussedas an artist creating spoken songs derived from the folk song tradition. Next, the essayprovides an overview of contemporary musical works inspired by Bronisława Wajs’soeuvre, specifically Jan Kanty-Pawluśkiewicz’s symphonic poem Harfy Papuszy. In addition,the author offers suggestions for the bel canto technique and folk styles of singingin stylized works resembling world music – Roma music, in particular.

THE IDEA OF LIGHT IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF GREGORIY SKOVORODA: TWO LITERARY-MUSICAL VISIONS (to the works of A. Szczecinskiy and L. Grabowskiy)

ИДЕЯ СВЕТА В ФИЛОСОФИИ ГРИГОРИЯ СКОВОРОДЫ: ДВЕ ЛИТЕРАТУРНО-МУЗЫКАЛЬНЫЕ ВИЗИИ (по произведениях А. Щетинского и Л. Грабовского)

Author(s): Wiktoria Draganczuk / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 4/2015

Keywords: literary-musical discourse; commandments of a spiritual-moral self-improvement;“cognation law”; choral symphony; cantata

This essay investigates the musical works on the texts by the leading Ukrainian philosopher H. Skovoroda. It is argued that Skovoroda developed specific commandments designed for a spiritual/moral self-improvement. The first commandment relates to a vision of the world order. According to Skovoroda, the human being has two distinct natures: (1) the external body and (2) the internal divine. The manifestation of the latter relates to a meaning of life: to awake the divine light in order “to conquer death”. The second commandment sees “the joy of the heart as the light of God’s love”. The “know thyself” call, indicates the true path of knowledge, because the “inner” human reflects the spark of God. These commandments are utilized in the choral symphony: Know Yourself by A. Szczecinskiy, and the cantata: Temnere Mortem by L. Grabowskiy. The third commandment is “cognation law”. “Cognation”relates to the notion of national identity and the community’s response to it.

THE VOLIN CHORAL ART – VARIANT MODEL IN A SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTINUUM OF WESTERN REGION OF UKRAINE IN THE PERIOD OF INDEPENDENCE

ВОЛЫНСКАЯ ВАРИАНТНАЯ МОДЕЛЬ ХОРОВОГО ИСКУССТВА В СОЦИОКУЛЬТУРНОМ КОНТИНУУМЕ ЗАПАДНОГО РЕГИОНА УКРАИНЫ ПЕРИОДА НЕЗАВИСИМОСТИ

Author(s): Aleksander Maracz / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 4/2015

Keywords: violin academic choral art; variant model; socio-cultural continuum; choir School; performing tradition; trend; competitively-festival process; music management

This essay discusses the state of collegiate choral art in the western region of the Ukraine – Volyn, in particular. The meaning of: (1) sociocultural continuum, (2) authorshipsof performing school, (3) the “Ukrainian choir school”, (4) the “chamber choirmodel”, and (5) the Apollonian and Dionysian prototype in conducting, are defined andsubsequently discussed. In preparation for this article, the interviews with the leading conductorswere carried out and the responses from the audience were compiled and analysedby the author in this paper. Additionally, the article investigates the professional activities, methodological traditions and festival participation of two choirs: “Oranta” and Chorus at Lutsk St. Peter and Paul Church.

THE INSTITUTE OF CULTURE AND ARTS OF LUGANSK TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY IN THE SYSTEM OF MUSIC EDUCATION OF UKRAINE

ИНСТИТУТ КУЛЬТУРЫ И ИСКУССТВ ЛУГАНСКОГО НАЦИОНАЛЬНОГО УНИВЕРСИТЕТА ИМЕНИ ТАРАСА ШЕВЧЕНКО В СИСТЕМЕ МУЗЫКАЛЬНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ УКРАИНЫ

Author(s): Nina Staszewska / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 4/2015

Keywords: Institute of Culture and Arts; Lugansk Taras Shevchenko National University; the system of musical education in Ukraine; educational institutions of Ukraine

The article discusses the activities of the Institute of Culture and Arts at Lugansk’s Taras Shevchenko National University, in the context of music education in the Ukraine following the signing of the Bologna Declaration. This paper reviews the system of amateur/ professional music education in different institutions in the Ukraine. Professional activities of the selected faculty members working at the Institute are highlighted. Additionally, this essay discusses the types of specialized training in the field of musical culture offered by the Institute.

DANCE AS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND ITS EFFECT ON HUMAN EMOTIONS

DANCE AS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND ITS EFFECT ON HUMAN EMOTIONS

Author(s): Tatiana Nevolná,Lubomír Král / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2015

Keywords: dance; movement; negative emotions; positive emotions; students

Background: The paper focuses on the problem of the effect of dance as a part ofmovement activities on human emotions and their experiencing in students. The movementactivity has a positive impact not only on physical health of a human being, butalso on his mental health. Movement not only serves to increase physical fitness in healthy subjects, physical activities suitably chosen can be applied in an effective way in with weakened organ systems. The movement is nowadays considered a suitable tool to eliminate excessive stress.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUSICAL PERCEPTION THROUGH PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUSICAL PERCEPTION THROUGH PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

Author(s): Jindra Nečasová / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 4/2015

Keywords: music education in primary school; musical perception; physical activities; dance choreography to the composition, music and painting

In her paper the author deals with the use of music and movement within the school environment, for pupils of basic schools of art, as well as students of onservatories. It deals with the relationship between music and dance, with didactic principles and methodological approaches, and with the theoretical base and practical models. It briefly introduces contemporary dance choreography to the composition Paintings by Salvador Dalí composed by the author of this article, performed by the students of the Dance Conservatory of Prague and Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra.

FASCINATION WITH EASTERN ART IN THE WORKS OF WŁODZIMIERZ KOTOŃSKI

FASCYNACJE KULTURĄ DALEKOWSCHODNIĄ W TWÓRCZOŚCI WŁODZIMIERZA KOTOŃSKIEGO

Author(s): Iwona Świdnicka / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2015

Keywords: Kotoński; haiku; Bashŏ; Manning

Among those most enchanted by Eastern art in the interwar Poland were: Piotr Perkowski,Aleksander Tansman, Jerzy Gablenz, and Jan Maklakiewicz. The inspiration fromJapanese culture was initiated in the late 20th century by Włodzimierz Kotoński – a composer specializing in computer and electronic music. Fascinated by Matsuo Bashŏ’s poetry, Kotoński composed 7 Haiku For Female Voice and Seven Instruments and dedicated thepiece to the British soprano, Jane Manning. Not only does Kotoński’s cycle portray the contemplation of nature and the surrounding world, but it also has a touch of subtle sacrum.

IMAGE OF A WOMAN-MOTHER IN THE CHINESE CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE

OBRAZ KOBIETY-MATKI W WYBRANEJ WSPÓŁCZESNEJ PROZIE CHIŃSKIEJ

Author(s): Anna Józefowicz / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2015

Keywords: women; mother; motherhood; child; Chinese contemporary literature

The aim of this article is to present different images of mothers in selected Chinese contemporary literature, such as: Snow flower and the secret fan, Peony in Love, The Concubine’s Daughter, and Pearl of China. In these novels, China is portrayed as a country of privileges for men and sanctions against women. Since childhood, women had beenprepared for the role of submissive wives and mothers of male heirs. This article discusses the strength, energy, and great spiritual power of women-mothers – which contrary to the cultural limitations – enabled their female descendants to believe in their own value. Several images of mothers have been portrayed: (1) mother radically obeying traditions, (2) a sensitive mother, (3) a friendly mother, and (4) a heroic mother. This paper claims that daughters, through their stories, paid homage to their mothers who risked their lives and livelihood in the patriarchal culture of China.

Homeland (Heimat) as a right and a duty - to challenge in the European context. Lecture at a regional meeting (Heimatstreffen) in Gummersnach - Whit Monday 2015

Mała ojczyzna (Heimat) jako prawo i obowiązek – wyzwania w europejskim kontekście. Wykład na spotkaniu regionalnym (Heimatstreffen) w Gummersnach – Zielone Świątki 2015

Author(s): Karl Heinrich Ehrenforth / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2015

Keywords: homeland; region; education

Slávka Kopčáková, " Vývoj hudobnoestetického myslenia na Slovensku v 20. storočí" ("The development of music-and-aesthetic thinking in Slovakia in the 20th century"), Filozoficka Fakulta Presovskej Univerzity, Presov 2013, 303 pp.

Slávka Kopčáková, " Vývoj hudobnoestetického myslenia na Slovensku v 20. storočí" ("The development of music-and-aesthetic thinking in Slovakia in the 20th century"), Filozofická Fakulta Prešovskej Univerzity, Prešov 2013, 303 pp.

Author(s): Renáta Beličová / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2015

Keywords: music; aesthetic education;

CREATIVE INITIATIVES OF BROTHERS CONSTANTINE AND METHODIUS IN SLAVIC LITURGY AND SLAVIC CHORAL IN GREAT MORAVIA

CREATIVE INITIATIVES OF BROTHERS CONSTANTINE AND METHODIUS IN SLAVIC LITURGY AND SLAVIC CHORAL IN GREAT MORAVIA

Author(s): Jarmila Honzíková,Marie Slavíková / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2015

Keywords: musical culture; choral singing; Great Moravia

The article deals with the musical culture of Great Moravia in the period of the Byzantine Mission that influenced greatly both liturgical texts and choral singing. The textsof this music were also influenced highly by the work of Constantine (who adopted the nameof Cyril later) and Methodius. The singing of Great Moravia thus combined the elementsof both the eastern and western traditions. The article also includes an example of a canon in honour of St. Cyril, the authorship of which is attributed to one of the pupils of this scholar.