Aura musica vol. 1, 2012:50-60
The beginnings of Czech music press (1860-1920)
The beginnings of Czech professional music press were associated with the social atmosphere of the sixties and seventies of the 19th century. The seventies were marked by great prosperity music journalism and criticism, focusing on contemporary music of Bedřich Smetana and Antonin Dvořák. The most important magazine became Dalibor, whose activity is developed in between 1858 - the 1927th. The most important figure in Czech music critics of the 19th century became Otakar Hostinský. He advocated a newromantic oriented music of Wagner and Liszt, and Czech composers Smetana and Fibich. In the years 1910-1927 there were two opposition magazines Smetana and Hudební Revue. They shared professional music company and have played an important role in polemics designated as a "struggle for Dvořák".
Keywords: music critics, music printing and publishing, contemporary Czech music
Published: March 30, 2012 Show citation
