Emil Axman ve službách Národního muzea Markéta Kabelková Emil Axman in the Service of the National Museum The musicologist and composer Emil Axman (1887–1949) was one of the most important figures in the history of the music collection at the National Museum. Emil Axman was hired in 1913 by the National Museum to serve in an auxiliary position in the…
Prchavá gesta dirigentů v kresbách Hugo Boettingera Eva Paulová The fleeting gestures of conductors in Hugo Boettinger’s drawings The study, based on the example of several conductor personalities whom the painter Hugo Boettinger (1880–1934) met, presents the most typical feature and source of inspiration of the author’s work – the ability to capture the…
Zapomenuté hrobky Talmberků v kostele Panny Marie Vítězné a svatého Antonína Paduánského na Malé Straně v Praze (17.–18. století) Jan Cvrček, Ján Trnka The forgotten tombs of the Talmberks in the Church of Our Lady of Victory & St. Anthony of Padua in the Lesser Town, Prague (17th–18th centuries) In 1654 the Talmberks, an old Bohemian noble family, established the Lady Chapel and Chapel of the Child Jesus, now called the Chapel of the Holy…
Starostové Sokola pražského (1862–1914) Jitka Schůtová Mayors of Sokol Prague (1862–1914) Although the largest and best-known national organization was founded as a gymnastics club, from the very beginning it placed particular emphasis on apolitical cultural and patriotic activities. The leaders of Sokol Prague were financially secure men who were well…
