Detailed Information on Publication Record
2020
Bedřich Antonín Wiedermann : pioneer of the organ as a concert instrument
MICHÁLKOVÁ SLIMÁČKOVÁ, JanaBasic information
Original name
Bedřich Antonín Wiedermann : pioneer of the organ as a concert instrument
Authors
MICHÁLKOVÁ SLIMÁČKOVÁ, Jana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Musicologica Brunensia, 2020, 1212-0391
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
60403 Performing arts studies
Country of publisher
Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
References:
Organization unit
Faculty of Music
Keywords in English
Bedřich Antonín Wiedermann; organ; organ music; organ concerts; unit organ; Czech music of the 1st half of the 20th century; church of St James in Prague; Prague Municipal House
Změněno: 3/5/2021 13:12, doc. PhDr. Petr Lyko, Ph.D. et Ph.D.
Abstract
V originále
The most important organist in Czechoslovakia between the wars was Bedřich Antonín Wiedermann (1883–1951). He was a teacher and composer, but above all a great performer. After arriving in Prague in 1911, he began playing in regular recitals at the Emmaus monastery. Then from 1920–1932 he played at the Sunday matinee concerts at the Prague Municipal House. In these performances, he made the case for the organ as a concert instrument and chose the compositions he played with that in mind. He also performed at the Hussite church in Dejvice and Vinohrady, and later at the church of St James in the Prague Old Town. As the only Czech organist of the era to perform outside his own country, he travelled to England, the United States, Germany, Sweden and Belgium. Wiedermann was of fundamental importance for the development of organ music and organ performance in the Czech Lands.