Music in Moravia circa 1600
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Zur Geschichte und Aufführungspraxis der Musik des 16.-18. Jahrhunderts in Mittel- und Osteuropa |
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| Field | Art, architecture, cultural heritage |
| Keywords | Music history of the 17th century; Moravia; polyphony |
| Description | After introducing polyphonic repertories in Moravia circa 1600 based primarily on preserved church inventories, this paper will examine musical activities at the court of Karl of Liechtenstein. This former Lutheran converted to Roman Catholicism in 1599 and was soon after made praefectus curiae at the court of Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. Liechtenstein belonged to a family that by the seventeenth century was among the most prominent aristocratic families in the Czech Crown Lands. Important international connections linking his court and musicians to other cities (Olomouc/Olmütz; Gdańsk/Danzig) will be described, in light of a 1608 inventory of the music collection at his castle in Prostějov as well as other court records. Among the key figures in his music chapel, Nikolaus Zangius, Liechtenstein’s Kapellmeister (first mentioned as such in 1604 and, probably for the last time, in 1611), should be mentioned. Testimonies concerning Zangius’s presence at Liechteinstein’s court and his already known activity as Kapellmeister in Danzig and as Hofdiener in Prague (1602 to 1605, 1607 to 1610), and later as Kapellmeister in Berlin, make it all the more surprising that he died in 1617 in Olomouc, the capital of Moravia. |
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