Medieval Organ Tablature on a Manuscript Fragment from the National Museum Library Martin Horyna The manuscript fragment in the collection of the National Museum Library in Prague under shelf mark 1 D a 3/52 is a sheet of paper with writing on both sides, containing two strata of inscriptions. The first tratum consists of accounting records, one of which is dated to 1356. That is also…
Musical Activity of the Cantors of the Studnička Family from Suchomasty near Beroun Jakub Michl The music library of the Elizabethan Nuns in Prague contains collection of music that was copied by cantors of the Studnička family from the illage Suchomasty near Beroun. The first cantor in Suchomasty from 1769 was Josef Jan Jakoubek (1751–1810), the uncle of Jakub Jan Ryba, and after his…
Erard Harps in the Collection of the Czech Museum of Music Daniela Kotašová The present harp collection of the National Museum – Czech Museum of Music contains Erard pedal harps from various periods of that famed Parisian company’s activity. In creating musical instruments, Sébastian Erard built upon the work of G. Cousineau and C. Groll and became the most successful…
Emmy Destinn Memorabilia from the Estate of Hilda Schueler-Mosert Markéta Kabelková In 2017 the National Museum – Czech Museum of Music obtained a rare set of memorabilia for the singer Emmy Destinn (1878–1930) from the estate of her friend Hilda Schueler-Mosert (1888–1965). The two women met in ca. 1905, and they remained in contact until Emmy Destinn’s death. Hilda…
The Correspondence of Bohuslav Martinů with Josef Munclinger and his Comments on the Stage Direction of the Four‑Part Opera Hry o Marii in the Collections of the National Museum Lucie Jirglová The collections of the Theatre Department at the National Museum in Prague contain a set of sources that allow us to see how Bohuslav Martinů participated in preparing productions of his stage works. This is a collection of the composer’s correspondence and comments on stage direction…
