PT Journal
AU Zemanova, Z
TI Old Czech legends as an inspiration for pop music
SO Bohemica Olomucensia
PY 2012
BP 303
EP 312
VL 4
IS 4
DI 10.5507/bo.2012.044
AB The aim of the paper is to show possibilities and examples of using old Czech legends as a kind of inspiration in pop music during the 20th century. It is focused especially on two records, which were released surprisingly in the same time (1975-1976), but completely independently on each other: Mec a preslice by famous musicians Hana and Petr Ulrych with lyrics by Ladislav Kopecky and Stare povesti ceske prepared by lyricist Jan Kruta and several composers, singers and groups like Vaclav Neckar or Modry efekt. In spite of the same source of inspiration authors of these LPs approached to the material of legends differently. Kopecky tried to paraphrase the original stories, while Kruta wanted to modernize and update them for contemporary young people. Unfortunately, the both attempts were rather unsuccessful. After that the matter of old legends disappeared from pop music for long time, but came back in 1990s.
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