Praga festivans. Music played during the Prague Festivities of 1527 and 1558

• Authors: Baťa Jan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article considers the role of music during the two most elaborate Prague festivities during the reign of Ferdinand I, in 1527 and 1558. Using extant narrative and musical sources, it tries to identify particular monophonic and polyphonic compositions that were performed.

Keywords

EN

Ferdinand I (1503–1564); Arnold von Bruck (1500–1554) festivities; musical culture; Prague; Staatsmotette; Adrian Willaert (ca 1490–1562)

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Historie – Otázky – Problémy (History, Issues, Problems)
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 247-259

Contributors

author

Baťa Jan

• Institute of Musicology of the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic