The Works of Joseph and Michael Haydn in Ondřej Horník’s Collection Michaela Freemanová Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) and his brother Michael (1737–1806) were the most popular composers in eighteenth-century Bohemia, and their compositions have been preserved in collections in Prague, among other places. The study deals with Haydniana in the collection of Ondřej Horník (1864–1917) kept at…
The Second Life of Master Jan Hus and Hussitism in Music of Bohemia and Around the World – The Revolutions of 1848 Viktor Velek As part of his research on development of the traditions of “Jan Hus” and “Hussitism” as musical subject matter, the author of the article has concentrated on 1848, the Year of Revolution. The first part of the text introduces the texts of revolutionary songs and outlines the circumstances that led…
Smetana and Shakespeare Olga Mojžíšová This study deals with Bedřich Smetana’s encounters with the legacy of William Shakespeare. The introduction is devoted to Smetana’s participation at the celebration of Shakespeare’s 300th birthday in 1864, at which he took part in the organization and dramaturgy as a conductor and a composer. The…
The Dvořák Mass in D (“Lužanská”) for chorus, organ, violoncello and double-bass Haig Utidjian Dvořák’s Mass in D was commissioned by the Czech architect and visionary Josef Hlávka for the consecration of the chapel of his mansion in Lužany; the première of the original version of the work was given at a private service on 11 September, 1887. However, the focus of the present article is on a…
A Commemorative Album with the Correspondence of Josef Suk Jana Vojtěšková A commemorative album with the correspondence of Josef Suk (1874–1935) belonged to his son. It contains both commemorative inscriptions made by persons who were in contact with the composer Josef Suk, and also correspondence addressed to the composer, and later to his grandson – the violinist Josef…
Unknown Organ Tablature from the Early Seventeenth Century Dagmar Štefancová In the course of research on fragments from the National Museum Library, a large torso was discovered containing hitherto unknown organ tablatures from the early seventeenth century (shelf mark CZ-Pn 1 K 219). The author of the article reassemble the torso based on signatures and analyzed its…
Exhibitions at the Antonín Dvořák Museum and the Bedřich Smetana Museum from 2009 to 2017 Veronika Vejvodová, Kateřina Viktorová
