The Good Musician

Prague–TGM musical tour continues

by csnowden on May 30th, 2008

Next stop, Prague–capitol of the Czech Republic. Rich in ancient church music tradition, documented from the Sixth Century, this is a hotspot of Central European music. Bohuslav Martinu, Antonin Dvorak (sorry, don’t know diacritical marks yet), Leos Janacek, and Bedrich Smetana are composers you’ve likely run across, Romantic and 20th Century exemplars.

You can download Czech music mp3s here.

More about Czech music here.

From Radio Prague, an exceptionally well written piece on the history of music in general, and Czech music in particular.

Visit the Czech Music Information Centre to learn more about contemporary Czech music.

A really cool music festival site with tiny scrolling trams and bicycles.

POSTED IN: 20th Century, Romantic, Symphonic, Vocal, music history, musicology, opera