The long-lasting series Music and
Painting prepared by J. Bláha brings the lesson called The International Style in Painting and Music – The
Limbourg Brothers and John Dunstable. The author explains the forming of
artistic styles in the south Europe in early Italian renaissance and in the
north in Dutch realism.
In her article Cognitive Basics
of Music Understanding, H. Váňová treats the perception of music
compositions according to information in a new psychological movement. This
considers the human psyche a system for information processing in the human
brain. That is why it is vital to have
enough information from a pre-listening preparation.
E. Vachudová shows the new ways to discover musicality in her essay Testing of Music Abilities On-line on the
Internet. Its advantages are anonymity of examined persons, speed and the
comparison of gained results.
A. Kručayová introduces a non-traditional education of children by the
method called Integrative Artistic
Education According to Mária Apagyi’s Piano School “I Play the Piano”. It
uses the principles of cross-curriculum artistic education such as an
experience education, creative activity, development of practical skills and others.
The author B. Balcárová develops further the issue of integrative
advancements in the form of educational projects. She shares her experience
with overlapping of musical, verbal, visual and dance contents in a story Integrated Music Project in Primary Music
Education – Part 1.
In her methodological instructions Drops
Dance Mazurka, E. Jenčková connects the practice of a song with the
practice of a dance. She trains the rhythm by different ways of clapping and by
using “rain instruments” and onomatopoeic words.
P. Bělohlávková has chosen a person with two anniversaries and she
called the portrait Jihlava’s Tribute to
Gustav Mahler. Besides the autobiographical facts, other events devoted
continuously to the memory of the famous composer and conductor are mentioned.
The references to other information resources are also valuable.
The note supplement offers two songs for a children choir by E. Douša: Sausage Dog’s Horror and Cat’s Lullaby.
In addition to the regular sections From Music Anniversaries and the lesson About Music in English, the issue contains congratulations on the professor Luděk Zenkl’s anniversary, two detailed pieces of knowledge from our music world and two exhaustive reviews inspiring further usage.