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glasbena kritika – nekoč in danes | music criticism – yesterday and today
not compare Dvořák with Smetana, but in his reflection he concluded that
Dvořák was overrated at the expense of the more progressive Fibich due to
the affections of his influential supporters, Eduard Hanslick and Johannes
Brahms. Lvovský directed another criticism towards Dvořák to H. Rich-
ter, who included Dvořák’s symphonic poems in the Vienna Philharmon-
ic’s season plan, but completely omitted Smetana, Fibich and many others
in this regard! – It should be added that until about 1895 Lvovský’s recep-
tion of Dvořák’s works was positive, with few reservations. It is possible
that Lvovský deliberately sided with those who belittled Dvořák’s impor-
tance in the Prague “battle for Dvořák and Smetana.”
Concert tours or “out of Vienna”
It is up to future detailed research into Lvovský’s activities to reveal the ex-
tent to which he performed outside Vienna. He visited Switzerland, Eng-
land, France, but it is not clear whether he performed publicly there. So far,
the following performances are known (there are also a number of reviews
of them, which are deliberately not referred to in this study):
– May/June 1893: A concert tour to Bulgaria and Romania (Ruse,
Sredets, Sofia, Varna, Bucharest) – other performers were Franz
Simandl, the singer Anetta Nováková and the violinist R. Hartz-
er. They performed together often, including on some other con-
cert tours.
– 20 July 1894, Riesenhof: The press reported that musicians from
among the spa guests (including Anetta Nováková and B. Lvo-
vský) would give a charity concert.78
– Winter 1894/1895, Bucharest: The press announced a “comeback”
to Bucharest in the winter, but it is not clear whether the concert
tour took place. One of the reports ends as follows: “The artists
will also perform in Vienna and other cities.”79
– 6 January 1897, Prague (Rudolfinum): 42nd popular concert of the
Umělecká beseda society.
– 2 February 1897, Brno (large hall of the Beseda House): A concert
of the Filharmonická beseda brněnská society.
78 Anon., “Nachrichten aus Oberösterreich und Salzburg. Concert auf dem Rie-
senhofe,” (Linzer)Tages-Post 30, no. 162 (18 July 1894): 4.
79 Anon., “Notizen. Herr Professor,” ÖMTZ 7, no. 1–2 (October 1894): 8.
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not compare Dvořák with Smetana, but in his reflection he concluded that
Dvořák was overrated at the expense of the more progressive Fibich due to
the affections of his influential supporters, Eduard Hanslick and Johannes
Brahms. Lvovský directed another criticism towards Dvořák to H. Rich-
ter, who included Dvořák’s symphonic poems in the Vienna Philharmon-
ic’s season plan, but completely omitted Smetana, Fibich and many others
in this regard! – It should be added that until about 1895 Lvovský’s recep-
tion of Dvořák’s works was positive, with few reservations. It is possible
that Lvovský deliberately sided with those who belittled Dvořák’s impor-
tance in the Prague “battle for Dvořák and Smetana.”
Concert tours or “out of Vienna”
It is up to future detailed research into Lvovský’s activities to reveal the ex-
tent to which he performed outside Vienna. He visited Switzerland, Eng-
land, France, but it is not clear whether he performed publicly there. So far,
the following performances are known (there are also a number of reviews
of them, which are deliberately not referred to in this study):
– May/June 1893: A concert tour to Bulgaria and Romania (Ruse,
Sredets, Sofia, Varna, Bucharest) – other performers were Franz
Simandl, the singer Anetta Nováková and the violinist R. Hartz-
er. They performed together often, including on some other con-
cert tours.
– 20 July 1894, Riesenhof: The press reported that musicians from
among the spa guests (including Anetta Nováková and B. Lvo-
vský) would give a charity concert.78
– Winter 1894/1895, Bucharest: The press announced a “comeback”
to Bucharest in the winter, but it is not clear whether the concert
tour took place. One of the reports ends as follows: “The artists
will also perform in Vienna and other cities.”79
– 6 January 1897, Prague (Rudolfinum): 42nd popular concert of the
Umělecká beseda society.
– 2 February 1897, Brno (large hall of the Beseda House): A concert
of the Filharmonická beseda brněnská society.
78 Anon., “Nachrichten aus Oberösterreich und Salzburg. Concert auf dem Rie-
senhofe,” (Linzer)Tages-Post 30, no. 162 (18 July 1894): 4.
79 Anon., “Notizen. Herr Professor,” ÖMTZ 7, no. 1–2 (October 1894): 8.
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