The series Music and Painting prepared by J. Bláha has next to the text Dutch
Realism and the Burgundian
School I. Robert Campin and Guillaume Dufay,
a
4-page picture supplement in this issue.
J. Holubec informs the reader about the position of music
education as an
optional
subject at grammar schools in his essay Music
Education at
Francophone Schools in
a
demanding study of voice education, instrument playing, music theory and
music
history.
In his text
Folklore in the Interest Preferences of Music
Education
Teaching Students,
J. Kusák presents the results of the survey: the
attitude of
children
and the young towards the folklore is negative. The situation could be
partially
solved by modernised and up-to-date applications in combination with
other
genres.
In her work
Music Perception, E. Baranová classifies and makes clear several
professional
terms, as some of them are being used incorrectly. The music
education
teacher significantly influences pupils’ attitude to music by suitable
guidance.
B. Balcárová contributes to teacher’s inspiration for creating
their own
integrated
projects using music, visual arts and drama education, in the second
part
of the music story in lessons of music education called How Dwarf
Kvítek fell asleep.
M. Grobár introduces Boomwhackers, at the moment not a very well-known music
instrument - plastic tubes. They suitably accompany Orff instruments and might
be used especially for the development of rhythmical activities.
The note supplement offers two songs with the cat
theme by Bela Felix, composed on the texts by Jiří Žáček.
The issue further contains portraits devoted to Božena Viskupová and František Sedlák, a detailed
report on Czech-German music cooperation among universities and reviews of
music publications. An English lesson and the list of important anniversaries are
also included.