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A review on the fourth volume of the edition of troped chants from the bohemian medieval and renaissance sources "Repertorium Troporum Bohemiae Medii Aevi", edited and commented by Hana Vlhová-Wörner.
Published in: Mediaevalia Historica Bohemica 18 (2015), No. 1, pp. 249-252.

This short study is about the history of the prague music school with specialization on the blind musicians. The institution was established in 1908 by dr. Jan Deyl, the ophtalmologist and the university professor. At the beginning was music only one of the many manual teaching disciplines, but during the time music was more important. After many changes and reorganizations was this school finally transformed to "Conservatory for Visually Impaired Youth" in 1976, which was hard work of the director Jan Drtina, also blind pianist and teacher. Except the music instruments and singing the part of school is specialized on tuning of pianos.

Published in: Czech Music Quarterly 15 (2015), No. 4, pp. 18-20.

This study is about the life and work of Leopold Koželuh, very popular composer, piano virtuoso and respected teacher, who was one of the leading persons of musical life in Vienna on the border of 18th and 19th Century. From the many musicians from the Bohemian Lands Koželuh received the highest post at the Habsburg viennese court. Last part of this paper is review about the complete edition of his piano sonatas, which was prepared by Christopher Hogwood.

Published in: Czech Music Quarterly 16 (2016), No. 2, pp. 7-11.

The short article is about the small fortress (castle) Sobín in central Bohemia, close to the town Nové Strašecí. The informations about this settlement are availaible from the 15th Century, at the beginning of 16th Century it was incorporated into larger estate of the Martinic family and this fortress disappeared.

Published in: Posel z Budče 27 (2010), Kladno 2010, p. 42.

Ferdinand Velc was a painter, photographer and also very important person in the czech ethnography. By his camera he documented mostly the life of village peoples in some czech regions and also in Bosnia, where he teached in Sarajevo since 1895. Except the paintings and photos, Velc also wrote few publications. The largest one is about monuments in Slaný region (published in 1904) and also important is the Guide to Bosnia and Hercegovina.

Published in: Posel z Budče 31 (2014), Kladno 2014, pp. 71-72.

Jáchymov (St. Joachimsthal) was in the 16th century one of the major centers of the Bohemian kingdom. Mining of a silver ore meant a expansion of mining in the western part of the Ore Mountains and brought here also many scholars events, such as Georgius Agricola. Among the German-speaking population has found great success of the German Reformation and soon became the dominant stream of Wittenberg. The teachings of Martin Luther very soon also inclined Jáchymov cantor Nikolaus Herman, a composer and poet, and Luther's pupil Johannes Mathesius, theologian, rector of the local Latin school and preacher. The end of this era has brought mining reduction and recatolisation efforts during the Thirty Years War. In those years, however residents in Jáchymov have shown extraordinary strength in their faith and under their influence converted to Lutheranism Jesuit missionary Franciscus Albanus. In 1652 finally was mass emigration of more than eight hundred inhabitants.

Published in: Evangelicus 2017, Praha 2016, pp. 42-45.

The article deal about the hunting castle Bon Repos, which built the count Franz Anton von Sporck close to his main residence in Lysá nad Labem, and about the baroque paintings from the Sporck's time.

Published in: Hláska 25 (2014), No. 3, p. 45.

The study is about Count Jaroslav Bořita z Martinic. Jaroslav was one of the very important czech aristocrats and politics in the first decades of the 17th century. As a catholic prominent he was a member of the "spanish site" at the emperor court in Prague. In 1618 was defenestrated from the window at the Prague Castle and for few next years lived in exil in bavarian Passau, where he also made the diplomacy for emperor Ferdinand II. When he came back to Bohemia, he hold the main posts in the kingdom.

Published in: Heraldická ročenka 2008, Praha 2009, pp. 7-23 (Summary p. 160).

Concerto in G Major for oboe, strings and basso continuo by Antonín Reichenauer (c. 1694-1730), which is edited for the first time, is a significant and rare sights instrumental works by Czech composers of the late Baroque. The work was composed probably in the third decade of the 18th century for Count Wenceslas Morzin band for whom Reichenauer worked at that time. This ensemble was one of the best bands in the Czech Republic and as "Maestro di Musica in Italia" for him composed music also Antonio Vivaldi, who dedicated this Morzin a collection of the Concertos op. 8 with the famous "Le quattro stagioni". Also, the Reichenauer's handwriting on the Concerto in G major is obvious direct influence of Vivaldi's music. This critical edition prepared a music historian and musician Lukáš M. Vytlačil to satisfy the scholarly community and also meet the needs of musicians. The score is therefore complemented by Czech and English commentary, complete facsimile copy of the Dresden manuscript and instrumental parts. The concerto is possible without transposition also play on the flute.

Jan Chudoba z Vartemberka [Wartenberg] was bohemian aristocrat and one of the important politics at the border of 14th and 15th Century. Wartenbergs was one of the leading noble families in medieval Bohemian Kingdom and they hold rich dominium in North Bohemia. Jan Chudoba was in early years a friend of theologian Jan Hus. Lately he founded a new castle Ralsko, very closed to his main settlement castle in Wartenberg (now Stráž pod Ralskem). During the turbulent time of hussite wars was at the site of emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg a with other powerful aristocrats in this part of land he made strong alliance.

Published in: Heraldika a genealoge 41 (2008), No. 1-2, pp. 105-110.