Hába School - Reality or Myth?
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Spaces of Modernism: Ljubica Marić in Context |
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| Field | Art, architecture, cultural heritage |
| Keywords | Alois Hába; Hába School; Czech music; music |
| Description | The author discusses Hába's music and pedagogical activities in the context of Czech music 1920 - 1939. In 1923 Hába started to teach at the Prague Conservatory and in 1925 managed to persuade the school authorities to allow him to open a class in quarter-tone and sixth-tone composition. In 1934 he was made a regular professor there. Hába's class attracted the pupils of other composers as well, who wanted to get to know the latest methods of composition. In his seminars Hába introduced his pupils to the methods of his own compositional work. Hába's class soon developed an international reputation. |
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