Historically informed interpretation of Rennaisance and Baroque vocal music

This dissertation thesis Historically informed interpretation of Rennaisance and Baroque vocal music is focusing on phenomenon, which plays an important role in the interpetation of early music from 1970. The text describes the historical, musicological, interpretative and padagogical aspects. The author is drawing from interviews with important europian interprets of early music, that have been realized during studies for the front czech musical journal Harmonie. The author also draws from his longlasting experience in profesional interpreting of early music and conducting student choir and amateur choirs. The first part of the thesis is focused on definition for the whole phenomenon, its historical development and current guidelines, and it introduces important musicians in early music. Using two different recordings of the same musical material the author is trying to describe, what exactly is the historical added value of informed intepretation. In the next part the historical periods of Rennaisance and Baroque are divided into five different aesthetic chapters and in each of them the thesis tries to answer the basic questions of interpretation. Separate chapters are dedicated to different pronunciation of Latin and to possible use of the early music in student choirs. The goal of the text is..