Hus-Hussite Themes and Other Repertoire in the Manuscript Songbook “Písně Baborovy” (Babor’s Songs)

0570430 - MÚA 2023 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Velek, Viktor
Hus-Hussite Themes and Other Repertoire in the Manuscript Songbook “Písně Baborovy” (Babor’s Songs).
Musicalia. Roč. 14, 1/2 (2022), s. 96-122. ISSN 1803-7828
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GX19-28306X
Institutional support: RVO:67985921
Keywords : Hussitism * manuscript songbook * songs, 1848
OECD category: Performing arts studies (Musicology, Theater science, Dramaturgy)
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.37520/muscz.2022.003

The study deals with a manuscript source, the content of which was heretofore known
only to a small extent thanks to J. V. Šmejkal’s book “Piseň pisni narodu českeho” (Song of Songs of the Czech Nation, 1935). The collection known as “Pisně Baborovy” (Babor’s Songs) was rediscovered by the author in the collections of the Czech Museum of Music, and he focused on summarising existing information about the songbook and introducing the authors (including the Babor family tree) and the notated repertoire in it, which he examines from the perspective of a musical historiographer. There is a detailed probe of the source’s Hus-Hussite elements. At its conclusion, the study outlines the manuscript’s importance in the context of similar sources (printed and manuscript).

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