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glasbena kritika – nekoč in danes | music criticism – yesterday and today
was once carried out by newspapers when engaging critics is absent, with
the result that the reader is surrounded by a glut of opinions without any
way of clearly distinguishing their relevance. A similarly important role in
the fate of arts criticism is played by capital, particularly in the period since
the fall of the Iron Curtain. In the Western world, the arts have become,
first and foremost, business. With the blurring of quality criteria and the
dominance of all-powerful capital in every facet of life, “criticism is a tiny
part of the ecology of the music business, but an essential part”.
Keywords: criticism, music, art, tabloidization
Viktor Velek
Emil Břetislav Lvovský or Who was the harshest Viennese critic
of Antonín Dvořák’s music?
This study is the first attempt at a comprehensive biography of an impor-
tant personality of Czech and Austrian music journalism at the turn of the
19th and 20th centuries. The introduction maps the state of research and pro-
vides basic biographical information. The confrontation with older diction-
ary entries has led to a number of additions, refinements and corrections,
but it has also given rise to several hypotheses in areas where Lvovský’s
life is still insufficiently documented. Lvovský’s activities in Lviv, Vienna
and Berlin are presented chronologically. His journalistic activities for the
Prague music periodical Dalibor (reports from Lviv and Vienna) are pre-
sented in detail; with regard to the periodical Österreichische Musik- und
Theaterzeitung, the study could build on recent research, and generalisa-
tions could be made. Lvovský’s educational and compositional activities
and contacts with personalities of the Czech music scene are also marginal-
ly mentioned. The author of the study is now preparing a “sequel”, i.e. a text
focused on Lvovský as a composer and a catalogue of his works.
Keywords: Emil Břetislav Lvovský, music, Prague, Lviv, Vienna, music
journalism
Jernej Weiss
“A Critique of Criticism”:
An Attempt to Outline “More Appropriate” Sociopolitical
Guidelines in Post-World War II Slovenian Music Criticism
In 1956, the Tone Tomšič Academic Choir, one of the most successful Slove-
nian choirs, celebrated its 10th anniversary with a jubilee concert. In plan-
ning the event Radovan Gobec, the choirmaster, decided that the gala con-
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was once carried out by newspapers when engaging critics is absent, with
the result that the reader is surrounded by a glut of opinions without any
way of clearly distinguishing their relevance. A similarly important role in
the fate of arts criticism is played by capital, particularly in the period since
the fall of the Iron Curtain. In the Western world, the arts have become,
first and foremost, business. With the blurring of quality criteria and the
dominance of all-powerful capital in every facet of life, “criticism is a tiny
part of the ecology of the music business, but an essential part”.
Keywords: criticism, music, art, tabloidization
Viktor Velek
Emil Břetislav Lvovský or Who was the harshest Viennese critic
of Antonín Dvořák’s music?
This study is the first attempt at a comprehensive biography of an impor-
tant personality of Czech and Austrian music journalism at the turn of the
19th and 20th centuries. The introduction maps the state of research and pro-
vides basic biographical information. The confrontation with older diction-
ary entries has led to a number of additions, refinements and corrections,
but it has also given rise to several hypotheses in areas where Lvovský’s
life is still insufficiently documented. Lvovský’s activities in Lviv, Vienna
and Berlin are presented chronologically. His journalistic activities for the
Prague music periodical Dalibor (reports from Lviv and Vienna) are pre-
sented in detail; with regard to the periodical Österreichische Musik- und
Theaterzeitung, the study could build on recent research, and generalisa-
tions could be made. Lvovský’s educational and compositional activities
and contacts with personalities of the Czech music scene are also marginal-
ly mentioned. The author of the study is now preparing a “sequel”, i.e. a text
focused on Lvovský as a composer and a catalogue of his works.
Keywords: Emil Břetislav Lvovský, music, Prague, Lviv, Vienna, music
journalism
Jernej Weiss
“A Critique of Criticism”:
An Attempt to Outline “More Appropriate” Sociopolitical
Guidelines in Post-World War II Slovenian Music Criticism
In 1956, the Tone Tomšič Academic Choir, one of the most successful Slove-
nian choirs, celebrated its 10th anniversary with a jubilee concert. In plan-
ning the event Radovan Gobec, the choirmaster, decided that the gala con-
302
