CONTENTS


1. Czech
history......................................................................................... 3

“The Historical Beat of Europe’sHeart”................................................... 4


2. Folk music in Bohemia and Moravia............................................. 33

Pilková Zdeňka. “Eighteenth Century Folk Music in the Czech Lands: Comments on the State of
Research”

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3. Early music: from the Middle Ages to the Classical era............. 38

Kouba, Jan and Tomislav Volek. “A Historical Survey of Czech Music.“

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................. 39


4. The Czech lands 1800-1860................................................................ 60

Tyrrell, John. “Czech Nationalism”......................................................... 61



5. Bedřich Smetana.................................................................................
68

Clapham, John. “Bedřich Smetana”........................................................ 69



6.  Antonín Dvořák.................................................................................
84

Clapham John. “Biographical Sketch”..................................................... 85



7. The generation of the 1890s, Music of the 20^th century................ 96

Beckerman, Michael. “In Search of Czechness in Music”...................... 97



8. Leoš
Janáček...................................................................................... 107


9. Popular music in Czechoslovakia after 1968

Jirous, Ivan Martin. “Report on the Third Czech Musical Festival.”

Wilson, Paul. “What’s it Like Making Rock’n’Roll in a Police State?”

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............... 108