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glasbena kritika – nekoč in danes | music criticism – yesterday and today
An analysis of two letters written in Czech to Zdeněk Nejedlý (1907) sug-
gests that Lvovský’s written Czech was very good, with few mistakes. A cer-
tain problem with the Czech language (similar to that of B. Smetana) is sug-
gested by the reviewer of Op. 8 (Kouzlo lásky, 1894), stating several errors
in declamation.25
Family and marriage (22 November 1879, civil marriage) – Lvovský’s
marriage documentation contains his parents’ names (Sara, Leopold). His
wife was Walburga “Wally” née Prochazka (1862 – after 1914). At the time of
their marriage she was 17 and he was 22. The news of the forthcoming mar-
riage was reported by the Prager Tagblatt:
Civil Marriage Announcement. On the black board of the Prague Town
Hall it is announced as follows: Mr Emil Pick, a merchant at Prague
No. 108–III, born 1857 in Prague, without religion (son of Mr Leopold
and Sára Pick née Rie), and Miss Walburga Prochaska, born 25 Febru-
ary 1862 in Prague, without religion, residing at No. 226–III (daughter
of Mr and Mrs Leopold and Josefa née Bienert) intend to marry. Any
objections must be submitted to the municipal authority within three
weeks.26
The names of three children are known. We know about the eldest
two that their father tried to involve in the minority’s life – a report from
1894 shows that the children donated books to the Czech school society
Komenský.
Zdenko (1882 – after 1942) – he studied at K. K. Elisabeth Gymnasi-
um in Vienna27 and was a member of the Sokol organisation in 1901–
1903; in 1916 Privatbeamte (private official) in Vienna. Then in the army,
in March 1918 promoted to Oberleutnant in der Reserve (Reserve First
Lieutenant). Correspondence in the Austrian National Library.
Božena (1884–?) – possibly identical to Beata Lvovsky, correspondence
in Wienbibliothek.
Cecilie/Cecilia/Cäcilia/Cecile/Cäcilie28 Josefine (surname Lorre/
Lovsky/Lovovsky) (21 February 1897 in Vienna – 12 October 1979 in Los
Angeles) – actress. Her guardian during her studies was JUDr. Alfred
25 Prof. Frant. Pich [Fratnišek Pich], “Kritika. Břetislav Lvovský, op. 8. Kouzlo lásky,”
Dalibor 14, no. 11 (27 January 1894): 77.
26 Anon., “Civileheaufgebot,” Prager Tagblatt 3, no. 314 (12 November 1879): 4.
27 Franz Strauch, ed., XIV. Jahresbericht über das K. K. Elisabeth-Gymnasium in Wien
für das Schuljahr 1898/99 (Wien: s. n., 1899).
28 Cäcilie – this form of the name is in the school records.
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An analysis of two letters written in Czech to Zdeněk Nejedlý (1907) sug-
gests that Lvovský’s written Czech was very good, with few mistakes. A cer-
tain problem with the Czech language (similar to that of B. Smetana) is sug-
gested by the reviewer of Op. 8 (Kouzlo lásky, 1894), stating several errors
in declamation.25
Family and marriage (22 November 1879, civil marriage) – Lvovský’s
marriage documentation contains his parents’ names (Sara, Leopold). His
wife was Walburga “Wally” née Prochazka (1862 – after 1914). At the time of
their marriage she was 17 and he was 22. The news of the forthcoming mar-
riage was reported by the Prager Tagblatt:
Civil Marriage Announcement. On the black board of the Prague Town
Hall it is announced as follows: Mr Emil Pick, a merchant at Prague
No. 108–III, born 1857 in Prague, without religion (son of Mr Leopold
and Sára Pick née Rie), and Miss Walburga Prochaska, born 25 Febru-
ary 1862 in Prague, without religion, residing at No. 226–III (daughter
of Mr and Mrs Leopold and Josefa née Bienert) intend to marry. Any
objections must be submitted to the municipal authority within three
weeks.26
The names of three children are known. We know about the eldest
two that their father tried to involve in the minority’s life – a report from
1894 shows that the children donated books to the Czech school society
Komenský.
Zdenko (1882 – after 1942) – he studied at K. K. Elisabeth Gymnasi-
um in Vienna27 and was a member of the Sokol organisation in 1901–
1903; in 1916 Privatbeamte (private official) in Vienna. Then in the army,
in March 1918 promoted to Oberleutnant in der Reserve (Reserve First
Lieutenant). Correspondence in the Austrian National Library.
Božena (1884–?) – possibly identical to Beata Lvovsky, correspondence
in Wienbibliothek.
Cecilie/Cecilia/Cäcilia/Cecile/Cäcilie28 Josefine (surname Lorre/
Lovsky/Lovovsky) (21 February 1897 in Vienna – 12 October 1979 in Los
Angeles) – actress. Her guardian during her studies was JUDr. Alfred
25 Prof. Frant. Pich [Fratnišek Pich], “Kritika. Břetislav Lvovský, op. 8. Kouzlo lásky,”
Dalibor 14, no. 11 (27 January 1894): 77.
26 Anon., “Civileheaufgebot,” Prager Tagblatt 3, no. 314 (12 November 1879): 4.
27 Franz Strauch, ed., XIV. Jahresbericht über das K. K. Elisabeth-Gymnasium in Wien
für das Schuljahr 1898/99 (Wien: s. n., 1899).
28 Cäcilie – this form of the name is in the school records.
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