PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Vysloužil, Jiří
TI  - BALLAD FOR A BANDIT. A MUSICAL BASED ON THE POPULAR RUMOUR ABOUT NIKOLA ŠUHAJ THE PROWLER
DP  - 2007 Jun 11
TA  - Musicologica Olomucensia
PG  - 241--245
VI  - 9
IP  - 1
IS  - 27879186
AB  - The purpose of this essay is the dramatic and musical analysis of one of the most popular Czech musicals by Milan Uhde and Miloš Štědroň (1975). It is primarily concerned with the way Uhde's word-book varies with the famous novel Nikola Šuhaj loupežník by Ivan Olbracht. The main variations derive from the ideological difference and from the historical context of the work. The study describes Štědroň's music as a synthesis of a western-movie music with some elements of musical folklore of eastern ethnics. Miloš Štědroň himself describes his music as an "eastern", while Milan Uhde adds a whole new dimension to the work, especially in cases where he turns away from the social aspects of Olbracht's novel.