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Komprovizácia – na margo diskusie o opodstatnenosti termínu

The term “comprovisation“ which is hybrid name based on terms composition and improvisation emerged in various discourses since the beginning of this century. These terms express different principles accessing music material which has a tension and a certain contradiction. Comprovisation is used for bringing closer poetry of some contemporary experimental music where the author of the composition is at the same time a musician/performer of this composition in experimental ensemble called Shock Theory (tEóRia OtraSu). According to the author, such komprovisation is a mutation of composed and intuitive music. This term can be found in some projects of the pianist Philip Thomas who says: „comprovisation is a celebration and exploration of the interface where composition and improvisation meet. Central to the project is a number of works composed by musicians who are associated with the world of improvised music”. This principle can be found also in works of artists such as: Michael Francis Hannan, Richard Dudas, Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg, Lawrence Casserley and others. The author is looking for the place for komprovisation in historical development among such composers as for example: Morton Feldman, Charles Ives, Henry Cowell, John Cage, Witold Lutoslawski, Edgard Varese… He talks about existence of Slovak alternative scene of comprovisation music.

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Vývoj a formovanie slovenského rocku v období 1960 – 1968

This contribution is focused on problematics of Slovak rock genesis and its specifics. It searches main factors which influenced the development of rock and compares rock-n-roll phases in Czech and Slovak Republic. It identifies the origins of rock in Slovakia in the beginning of the 60’s,mainly in the hard rock period.It documents basic tendencies and historical development of Slovak rock during the period 1960 to 1968. Next to the results coming from music analysis of Slovak hard rock, the author brings analysis of lyrics and compares Slovak and English lyrics of the first hard rock bands in Slovakia. He deals with a problem of the rock subculture existence in Slovakia, argues against naming hard rock as subculture, more he considers hard rock as massive rock movement. In his research, the author presents authenticity of Slovak rock, specific development of individual phases and the main Slovak rock representatives.

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K anatómii cenzúry rocku na Slovensku (1958 – 1989)

In 1958 the first manifestation of American rock-n-roll penetrated through film documentaries in Slovakian movie theatres. Documentary of the hall demolition during Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry’s concert was shown in movie theatres before the actual movie started and was criticized by journalists as a culture which was inappropriate for socialist youth.Official ideology did not allow the use of terms rock-n-roll or rock in press and media, instead the term variety music show (adopted from the socialist Russian entertainment music) was used for such music. The author describes Slovak popular music status which got mixed with rock-n-roll songs of Billy Haley, Elvis Presley, British hard rock scene (Beatles), in addition to the songs of Paul Robenson, Byrds, Bob Dylan, Yardbirds…The author also presents Czech lyrics of the song See You Later Alligator by Bill Haley, which had been translated by amateur singers-songwriters who sung them around the camp fire. Rock music culture functioned as “double culture”: officially tolerated culture and unofficially played music by amateurs. The process of censorship was usually multi-levelled and the press supervision staff could use it in large. First line of censors were editors and dramaturges of the radio and television, but also concert agencies (KDK), gramophone and music publishers (Bratislava’s branch Supraphone)who censored music either freely or by force. After 1969 the SÚTI – Slovak Office for Press and Information was formed. The purpose of press supervision was not an approval of the scenes and song lyrics before official playing but control of the products. What has been shown in medias was sent with commentaries to Central Communist Committee of Slovakia. If inappropriate scenes or lyrics had been used, consequences would follow.

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Jazz ako sociologický fenomén v Poľsku

Jazz has more than 90 years old tradition in Poland. Currently it counts among other genres with mass success which is in a way a specific feature in cultural life of Polish society. Political systems and economic changes influenced the character of jazz perception as a phenomenon in Poland. Jazz became a symbol of freedom, especially in intellectual and art world. This development and position analyzes a study from 1918 to date. The author talks about how jazz is becoming the symbol of free art concept and free life style. It acquired mass character especially in the 70s. Although quantitative reception of jazz had changed in different historical periods, jazz symbolicism in Polish music life as a democratic art opinion and American life style stays up to this day. The author portraits jazz as an underground culture and as a resistance against Nacists during World War II.He also describes the development of the first jazz festival in 1956 in Polish city Zopot as well as the development of Polish Jazz Federation, and the Warsaw based International Jazz Federation magazine “Jazz Forum” (1956, Polish, English and German language mutation). Polish Karol Szymanowsky Academy of Music in Katowice was established in 1968. The Department of jazz and entertainment music focus was on entertainmentmusic. The Academy of music earned the status of the university in 1979 and had been renamed to the Karol Szymanowsky University in Katowice.

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Úvodník 1/2011

Milí čitatelia, ponúkame Vám štvrtý ročník nového vydania muzikologického časopisu Musicologica v atraktívnejšej grafike a na novej európskej doméne. V tomto čísle pokračujeme s témami z oblasti jazzu, rocku a kultúrno-politického diania v období komunizmu. Keďže podrobnejšia sonda doteraz v medzinárodnom výskumnom tíme Jazz za železnou oponou (Rüdiger Ritter, Igor Pietraszewski) bola venovaná najstaršiemu žánru…

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