Bohemian Baroque: Czech Musical Culture and Style, 1600-1750

Examines Czech musical culture c. 1600—1750 and the society that created and shaped it

Traditional polemical histories of Bohemia and Moravia identify the period from the early seventeenth to the mid—eighteenth century as a "period of darkness" — particularly in terms of Czech—language culture. This book challengesthat interpretation from the perspective of musical culture and demonstrates that this was actually a vibrant, productive and innovative period, both for music in the Czech languag...