The Prager musikalisches Album (1838) and the nineteenth-century salon as cultural practice
Bunzel, Anja
2023 - English
This article deals with a collection of songs and piano pieces, the Prager musikalisches Album, published in 1838, asking two central questions. Drawing on different concepts of the musical work (Werkbegriff), I explore whether the album can be considered a work rather than a loose collection of multiple works. Within the musicological discourse there have been many attempts at defining these terms, ranging from quite narrow categorisations based on aspects of instrumentation, musical form, or stylistic matters to more open approaches encompassing the communicative process and viewing the history of genre as cultural history. Drawing on the latter, I suggest that the Prager musikalisches Album is a prime example of collective authorship, which opens up a second question, namely that of authorship. Authorship may embrace aspects of agency that exceed the realms of the person who penned a musical, literary, or artistic work. Indeed, it may be shaped by performers, audiences, presses/ salespeople, dedicatees, critics, patrons, and anyone else who has an impact on any given work at the time of its creation and/or publicization. By taking this perspective, I suggest that the Prager musikalisches Album is both reflective and representative of nineteenth-century salon culture, within whose context the album was embedded. Offering a holistic analysis of the album and its context, I use this article as a springboard to advocate for a musical historiography that takes into account the full breadth of musical culture, and which embraces, besides composers and poets, a number of other cultural agents that are often overlooked within more traditional music-historical considerations.
Keywords:
nineteenth-century salon; genre; work; Prague; authorship
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The Prager musikalisches Album (1838) and the nineteenth-century salon as cultural practice
This article deals with a collection of songs and piano pieces, the Prager musikalisches Album, published in 1838, asking two central questions. Drawing on different concepts of the musical work ...
The Geopolitics of Photography Exhibitions. Showcasing Soviet Photographers in Interwar Czechoslovakia
Parkmann, Fedora
2022 - English
This paper presents interwar exhibitions of photography as spaces of exchange, self-promotion, and competition for recognition in the heart of a global geopolitics of photography. Focusing on the participation of Soviet photographers at several large-scale international exhibitions organized in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s, it shows that both the Czech and Soviet organizers took advantage of exhibitions to serve their respective interests: The Soviet Union to strengthen its cultural diplomacy, and the Czech supporters of Soviet photography to popularize functional and committed photographic approaches among their fellow countrymen.
Keywords:
exhibition; photography; USSR; Czechoslovakia
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The Geopolitics of Photography Exhibitions. Showcasing Soviet Photographers in Interwar Czechoslovakia
This paper presents interwar exhibitions of photography as spaces of exchange, self-promotion, and competition for recognition in the heart of a global geopolitics of photography. Focusing on the ...
On sepulchral memory in an epigraphic campaign: The towns of Prague after the events of 1648
Roháček, Jiří
2019 - English
The more than four-month successful defense of the Old and New Towns of Prague against Swedish troops in 1648 was relatively small in the context of the Thirty Years' War, but a very important episode for Prague cities and to a large extent for Bohemia. In Prague we can observe the remains of a relevant, originally certainly much richer epigraphic campaign, which has two main directions - the first is connected with thanks to Virgin Mary as protector and intercessor of cities, the second with contextual presentation of improved coats of arm of Old and New Town. Surprising is, however, the absence of a larger sepulchral memorie of 219 fallen defenders. The only preserved monument is the epitaph of Václav Čabelický of Soutice in the Church of Our Lady before Týn. The figural epitaph is known for its rich heraldic and epigraphic accompaniment. This fact raises a number of questions about the position of sepulchral and epigraphic monuments in a collective memory.
Keywords:
epigraphy; inscription; sepulchral monuments; memory; campaign; Prague; Bohemia; 17th century
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On sepulchral memory in an epigraphic campaign: The towns of Prague after the events of 1648
The more than four-month successful defense of the Old and New Towns of Prague against Swedish troops in 1648 was relatively small in the context of the Thirty Years' War, but a very important episode ...
Two „alternative“ epigraphic inventory acts and their significance for the study of sepulchral monuments
Roháček, Jiří
2019 - English
In 2011, a questionnaire inventory of epigraphic sources in the archives of the Czech Republic was carried out in cooperation with the Department of Archival Administration of the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic and the Institute of Art History CAS. The integration of epigraphic and sepulchral monuments into one inventory is based on research practice. The publication is in print. The second inventory undertaking sets itself higher objectives both objectively and methodically. It is an epigraphic database of the Center of Epigraphic and Sepulchral Studies of the Institute of Art History CAS. The added value is consideration of the possibilities of application of digital humanities methods.
Keywords:
epigraphy; inscription; sepulchral monuments; secondary preservation; inventory; database; archival sources; 21st century; Czech Republic
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Two „alternative“ epigraphic inventory acts and their significance for the study of sepulchral monuments
In 2011, a questionnaire inventory of epigraphic sources in the archives of the Czech Republic was carried out in cooperation with the Department of Archival Administration of the Ministry of the ...
Andrew from Austria - The Scribe of the So-called Morgan Bible
Kubínová, Kateřina
2018 - English
The curriculum vitae of the scribe Andrew from Austria was compile according to the historical sources. The author also pointed to the probable Andrew´s relation with Hasenburg family.
Keywords:
medieval illuminated manuscripts; medieval paleography; bible
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Andrew from Austria - The Scribe of the So-called Morgan Bible
The curriculum vitae of the scribe Andrew from Austria was compile according to the historical sources. The author also pointed to the probable Andrew´s relation with Hasenburg family.
Architectura recreationis: Lusthaus or Summer Palace, a Successful Building Type in Early Modern Europe
Muchka, Ivan
2017 - English
The article will examine the definition of one building type, that of Lusthaus or summer palace (in comparison to another term with a very broad historical sense – villa), in order to be able to interpret better the concrete examples of this type. In validating the formal possibilities and refining the functions, builders and architects were able to achieve more cultivated results of their work.
Keywords:
architecture; summer palaces; architectural typology; early modern era
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Architectura recreationis: Lusthaus or Summer Palace, a Successful Building Type in Early Modern Europe
The article will examine the definition of one building type, that of Lusthaus or summer palace (in comparison to another term with a very broad historical sense – villa), in order to be able to ...
Introduction
Dobalová, Sylva; Muchka, Ivan
2017 - English
Keywords:
leisure buildings; European palaces; court residences
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Introduction
La Barco of the Star Summer Palace in Prague: A Unique Example of Renaissance Landscape Design
Dobalová, Sylva
2017 - English
An essay discusses radial avenues in a hunting ground around Star Summer Palace in Prague, which were planned soon after the mid-16the century. It is a rear example of this phenomenon before it gained its popularity during Baroque garden planning.
Keywords:
alley; hunting ground; Star Summer Palace; Prague; Renaissance; Archduke Ferdinand II of Tyrol
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La Barco of the Star Summer Palace in Prague: A Unique Example of Renaissance Landscape Design
An essay discusses radial avenues in a hunting ground around Star Summer Palace in Prague, which were planned soon after the mid-16the century. It is a rear example of this phenomenon before it gained ...
Anteeat Virtus Virtutem Fama sequitur. The Paintings Decorating the Apartments in the Chateau Troja in Prague
Mádl, Martin
2017 - English
The article is devoted to the painterly decoration of the chateau Troja, which has been built by count Wenzel Adalbert of Sternberg near Prague. It is especially focused on the authorship, iconography and patterns of the ceiling painting in the two apartments in the basement of the chateau.
Keywords:
baroque art; ceiling painting; architecture; Carpoforo Tencalla; Giacomo Tencalla; Wenzel Adalbert of Sternberg
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Anteeat Virtus Virtutem Fama sequitur. The Paintings Decorating the Apartments in the Chateau Troja in Prague
The article is devoted to the painterly decoration of the chateau Troja, which has been built by count Wenzel Adalbert of Sternberg near Prague. It is especially focused on the authorship, iconography ...
On Sophie Oosterwijk’s Review of Figure and Lettering. Sepulchral Sculpture of the Jagiellonian Period in Bohemia by Jan Chlíbec and Jiří Roháček
Chlíbec, Jan; Roháček, Jiří
2015 - English
The text corrects some inaccuracies that author Sophie Oosterwijk wrote in her review published in Umění/Art 6, LXIII, 2015, pp. 492-493, and explains some approaches to the theme of the book.
Keywords:
sepulchral monuments; epigraphy; Late Gothic sculpture
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On Sophie Oosterwijk’s Review of Figure and Lettering. Sepulchral Sculpture of the Jagiellonian Period in Bohemia by Jan Chlíbec and Jiří Roháček
The text corrects some inaccuracies that author Sophie Oosterwijk wrote in her review published in Umění/Art 6, LXIII, 2015, pp. 492-493, and explains some approaches to the theme of the book.
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