Music Fund of Franciscans in Považie

8 ABSTRACT MEKIŇA, Lukáš: Music Fund of Franciscans in Považie. [Diploma thesis]. Charles Univerzity in Prague (Pragu, Czech Republic). Pedagogical faculty. The Department of musical culture. Supervisor: PhDr. Leona Stříteská, Ph.D. Degree of qualification: Master. Prague: UK, 2017, p. The aim of my thesis is the exploration and familiarization forgotten composers and their advanced music creation on the nature. The focus of the thesis will be researched historical documents, records and sheet music that has been preserved in the State Archives of the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic, based in Bytča. The thesis is divided into three chapters. History and nature area of the upper. The second chapter deals with independent Franciscan Order, from inception to the present. A final chapter discusses the pivotal surviving musical fund Franciscans on the nature, composers and musicians and musical analysis of the extant literature. Keywords: Bytča. Juraj Thurzo. Franciscans in Považie. Music. Choral composition. Analysis of compositions