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e. b. lvovský or who was the harshest viennese cr itic of antonín dvoř ák’s music
study by the musicologist Sandra McColl.7 The Österreichisches Musiklexi-
kon does not have a separate entry for Lvovský, but refers to his articles and
mentions him in other entries, for example in the entry Musikzeitschriften
(music journals). The entry in the almanac Das geistige Wien (1893) does not
provide any essential information.8
Sources
So far, the documents from the Prague I Police Directorate (1891–1895)
in the National Theatre Archive collection have been processed, as well
as “conscriptions” (residence permit applications) with a link to Prague.9
The Wienbibliothek collections contain compositions, librettos and cor-
respondence (among others with Wilhelm Kienzl). This is also the case
with the Austrian National Library. The archives of the Czech school so-
ciety Komenský in Vienna should contain (according to Heyer) sheet mu-
sic and correspondence (again, among others, with W. Kienzl). The Zdeněk
Nejedlý collection (Archives of the Czech Academy of Sciences) includes
two letters written by Lvovský,10 and the František Pivoda collection (Na-
tional Museum – Bedřich Smetana Museum) includes a letter from Karel
Knittl to the composer and teacher František Pivoda (the content refers to
L vovský) and a draft of a letter by Pivoda, who, like Lvovský, lived in Vien-
na – but already in 1844–1860.11
General information
Emil Břetislav/Brzetislav Lvovský was born in Prague on 10 September 1857.
However, he is entered as Emil Pick in the civil registry. He probably chose
7 Sandra McColl, “New music and the press: Vienna 1896–7, Bruckner, Dvořák, the
Laodiceans and Also sprach Zarathustra,” Context 5 (Winter 1993): 28–41.
8 Ludwig Eisenberg, Das geistige Wien. Mittheilungen Ober die in Wien lebenden Ar-
chitekten, Bildhauer, Bühnenkünstler, Graphiker, Journalisten, Maler, Musiker und
Schriftsteller, vol. 1 (Wien: C. Daberkow’s Verlag, 1893), 333.
9 National Archives of the Czech Republic, National Theatre Archive collection, call
number D 218/253, letter, Lvovský to an unknown person, May 16, 1895; National
Archives of the Czech Republic, Prague I Police Directorate collection, 1891–1895,
call number P 177/165, box 3904; National Archives of the Czech Republic, Police
Directorate I collection, conscriptions 1850–1914, box 461, pictures 781 and 782.
10 Masaryk Institute and Archives of the Czech Academy of Sciences, estate of Zdeněk
Nejedlý, personal correspondence, Zdeněk Nejedlý Library, box no. 35 (two letters
addressed to Zdeněk Nejedlý).
11 National Museum – Bedřich Smetana Museum, estate of František Pivoda, call
number 2 27/52, inventory number 8404/52.
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study by the musicologist Sandra McColl.7 The Österreichisches Musiklexi-
kon does not have a separate entry for Lvovský, but refers to his articles and
mentions him in other entries, for example in the entry Musikzeitschriften
(music journals). The entry in the almanac Das geistige Wien (1893) does not
provide any essential information.8
Sources
So far, the documents from the Prague I Police Directorate (1891–1895)
in the National Theatre Archive collection have been processed, as well
as “conscriptions” (residence permit applications) with a link to Prague.9
The Wienbibliothek collections contain compositions, librettos and cor-
respondence (among others with Wilhelm Kienzl). This is also the case
with the Austrian National Library. The archives of the Czech school so-
ciety Komenský in Vienna should contain (according to Heyer) sheet mu-
sic and correspondence (again, among others, with W. Kienzl). The Zdeněk
Nejedlý collection (Archives of the Czech Academy of Sciences) includes
two letters written by Lvovský,10 and the František Pivoda collection (Na-
tional Museum – Bedřich Smetana Museum) includes a letter from Karel
Knittl to the composer and teacher František Pivoda (the content refers to
L vovský) and a draft of a letter by Pivoda, who, like Lvovský, lived in Vien-
na – but already in 1844–1860.11
General information
Emil Břetislav/Brzetislav Lvovský was born in Prague on 10 September 1857.
However, he is entered as Emil Pick in the civil registry. He probably chose
7 Sandra McColl, “New music and the press: Vienna 1896–7, Bruckner, Dvořák, the
Laodiceans and Also sprach Zarathustra,” Context 5 (Winter 1993): 28–41.
8 Ludwig Eisenberg, Das geistige Wien. Mittheilungen Ober die in Wien lebenden Ar-
chitekten, Bildhauer, Bühnenkünstler, Graphiker, Journalisten, Maler, Musiker und
Schriftsteller, vol. 1 (Wien: C. Daberkow’s Verlag, 1893), 333.
9 National Archives of the Czech Republic, National Theatre Archive collection, call
number D 218/253, letter, Lvovský to an unknown person, May 16, 1895; National
Archives of the Czech Republic, Prague I Police Directorate collection, 1891–1895,
call number P 177/165, box 3904; National Archives of the Czech Republic, Police
Directorate I collection, conscriptions 1850–1914, box 461, pictures 781 and 782.
10 Masaryk Institute and Archives of the Czech Academy of Sciences, estate of Zdeněk
Nejedlý, personal correspondence, Zdeněk Nejedlý Library, box no. 35 (two letters
addressed to Zdeněk Nejedlý).
11 National Museum – Bedřich Smetana Museum, estate of František Pivoda, call
number 2 27/52, inventory number 8404/52.
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