Russian music of 20th century and its influence on the czech production

The goal of my work is above all to point out the mutual interconnection of two Slavonic cultures in the field of music. I laid out this goal also for the reason that in the last twenty years these bonds appear to have fallen into oblivion or not to be much in the center of interest of the public. The first chapter surveys the social situation in Russia of the last century and its impact on music. Further I consecrated each chapter to one of five great artists of the era ? I. Stravinsky, S. Prokofiev, D. Shostakovich, S. Gubaidulina and A. Schnittke. I also mentioned other composers whose artistic significance is ratter smaller than the significance of the great artists referred to above. Then follows the most important part of my work ? analysis of concrete examples of influence of Russian music on the Czech music. I particularly devoted myself to S. Havelka's Symphony No. 1 by, V. Sommer's Vocal symphony, L. Fišer's /Sonata for piano/ No. 4; by O. Kvěch's Metamorphosis for violin solo and cord quintet and finally V. Tichý's Sonata for piano on the theme of Sergei Prokofiev