Antonín Dvořák: The Opera Composer Milan Pospíšil Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) has achieved international recognition as a composer of instrumental music but not of Czech national opera. Like Bedřich Smetana, he built up a Czech national opera with a diversity of operatic genres. He dealt with various stimuli including, in particular, German Romantic…
The Dvořák Jubilee of 1941 Kateřina Nová The Dvořák jubilee of 1941, i.e. the musical celebrations accompanying the 100th anniversary of the birth of Antonín Dvořák, was absolutely unique in terms of its scope, intensity, and the involvement of amateur musical ensembles. Over 3,500 musical events took place in just a year, with…
Exhibition Activity of the Association of Musical Instrument Makers in Prague Tereza Berdychová In connection with the new Act on Trades of 1859, the Association of Musical Instrument Makers and Dealers was founded. Its activity focused mainly on support for and development of that trade, but it was also involved in promotional activities including the holding of exhibitions. The Association…
Previously Unknown Correspondence between Josef Bohuslav Foerster and František Bílek Jana Fojtíková The composer Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859–1951) and the versatile visual artist František Bílek (1872–1941) maintained cordial relations for more than forty years. Their mutual correspondence between 1899 and 1941 kept at the National Museum – Czech Museum of Music bears witness to that friendship.…
More Memorabilia from the Family of Josef Suk Jana Vojtěšková Among this year’s additions to the collections of the National Museum – Czech Museum of Music, there is a large set of documents relating to four generations of the Suk family: the schoolmaster Josef Suk (1827–1913), the composer Josef Suk (1874– 1935), the agricultural engineer Josef Suk…
Begin, O Virgins, to Sing … and Play! – Pleasingly Generous Marginalia for the Ritornellos of Michna’s Loutna česká Tereza Daňková, Petr Daněk This contribution reports on the discovery of a first violin part at the Franciscan Library in Slaný. The part completes the cycle of sacred songs titled Loutna česká (The Czech Lute) by the Czech composer of the middle Baroque period Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic. In the text, the authors deal…
Příbor, Wendelin Hueber, and Bonifazio Gratiani in Light of a Previously Unknown Manuscript Dagmar Štefancová Research on a folder of manuscript parts from the mid-17th century (NM-ČMH AZ 88) has led to the finding that this previously unknown source, which comes from the town of Příbor in northern Moravia. On the basis of the provenience of inscriptions and impressions of rubberstamps, it is possible to…
A Century of the Waltz and Polka. An Exhibition at the Czech Museum of Music (19 April 2013 – 5 May 2014) Eva Paulová
