The Organs of Staré Brno and Předklášteří and the Figural Music Produced by the Local Nuns; VARHANY A FIGURÁLNÍ HUDBA U CISTERCIAČEK NA STARÉM BRNĚ A V PŘEDKLÁŠTEŘÍ

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

čeština

Original language name

The Organs of Staré Brno and Předklášteří and the Figural Music Produced by the Local Nuns; VARHANY A FIGURÁLNÍ HUDBA U CISTERCIAČEK NA STARÉM BRNĚ A V PŘEDKLÁŠTEŘÍ

Original language description

In 1782, the Emperor Joseph II dissolved the monastery of Cistercian nuns at Staré Brno. The monastery then housed 45 sisters. Their fate after 1782 is informed by the letters of the organist and singer Sister Aurelie Rosmanit (1754–1831, pp. 135–136). While their music productions were initially centered around the plainchant repertoire, from the late 17th century the nuns began to cultivate polyphonic music as well. From that time, three lists of nun musicians have survived, specifying each player's instrument: namely, 16 nuns for the year 1697 (p. 140), 19 nuns for 1755 (p. 140), and 17 nuns for 1782 (p. 142). The ensemble comprised eight singers, some of whom were trained to perform tenor and bass parts, between four and six violin players, plus trumpet and horn players, as well as from the mid-18th century a tromba marina player (p. 143). Of those musical instruments only the organs have survived. The monastery owned two organs, both built between 1695 and 1697 by Abraham Stark (1659–1709) of Loket near Karlovy Vary: a large one, II/22, and a small one, I/9. The case of the Brustpositiv of the large organ has survived in the parish church of Šardice (p. 152, 155). The large organ and its history (e.g., it was the instrument on which Leoš Janáček learned to play the organ) is described on pp. 149–157. The small organ was moved to the parish church of Sněžné where it has been preserved in its original shape (pp. 152–156). Of the monastery's collection of sheet music, whose price was then estimated at a mere 40 kreuzers, only one item has survived (146–147). The same period also witnessed the dissolution of the monastery of Cistercian nuns at Předklášteří near the town of Tišnov, in 1782 the home of 55 nuns. Its repertoire of figural music was similar to that of Staré Brno. This monastery also owned two organs: a smaller one, II/16, and a larger one, II/19. The larger organ was built in 1763 by Mikuláš Pavel František Sieber. Of those, only the pipe case of the larger organ has survived (pp. 162–163). No list of nun players similar to those from Staré Brno has been discovered, and neither is there any other information available about this monastery's music. The church's surviving furniture still includes, in its presbytery and its spacious choir in the chancel's western part, pews for the nuns dating from the second half of the 18th century, decorated with Rococo ornaments (p. 165). The pews' peculiar positioning in the choir and presbytery dates from the time of the monastery's dissolution. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Czech name

The Organs of Staré Brno and Předklášteří and the Figural Music Produced by the Local Nuns; VARHANY A FIGURÁLNÍ HUDBA U CISTERCIAČEK NA STARÉM BRNĚ A V PŘEDKLÁŠTEŘÍ

Czech description

In 1782, the Emperor Joseph II dissolved the monastery of Cistercian nuns at Staré Brno. The monastery then housed 45 sisters. Their fate after 1782 is informed by the letters of the organist and singer Sister Aurelie Rosmanit (1754–1831, pp. 135–136). While their music productions were initially centered around the plainchant repertoire, from the late 17th century the nuns began to cultivate polyphonic music as well. From that time, three lists of nun musicians have survived, specifying each player's instrument: namely, 16 nuns for the year 1697 (p. 140), 19 nuns for 1755 (p. 140), and 17 nuns for 1782 (p. 142). The ensemble comprised eight singers, some of whom were trained to perform tenor and bass parts, between four and six violin players, plus trumpet and horn players, as well as from the mid-18th century a tromba marina player (p. 143). Of those musical instruments only the organs have survived. The monastery owned two organs, both built between 1695 and 1697 by Abraham Stark (1659–1709) of Loket near Karlovy Vary: a large one, II/22, and a small one, I/9. The case of the Brustpositiv of the large organ has survived in the parish church of Šardice (p. 152, 155). The large organ and its history (e.g., it was the instrument on which Leoš Janáček learned to play the organ) is described on pp. 149–157. The small organ was moved to the parish church of Sněžné where it has been preserved in its original shape (pp. 152–156). Of the monastery's collection of sheet music, whose price was then estimated at a mere 40 kreuzers, only one item has survived (146–147). The same period also witnessed the dissolution of the monastery of Cistercian nuns at Předklášteří near the town of Tišnov, in 1782 the home of 55 nuns. Its repertoire of figural music was similar to that of Staré Brno. This monastery also owned two organs: a smaller one, II/16, and a larger one, II/19. The larger organ was built in 1763 by Mikuláš Pavel František Sieber. Of those, only the pipe case of the larger organ has survived (pp. 162–163). No list of nun players similar to those from Staré Brno has been discovered, and neither is there any other information available about this monastery's music. The church's surviving furniture still includes, in its presbytery and its spacious choir in the chancel's western part, pews for the nuns dating from the second half of the 18th century, decorated with Rococo ornaments (p. 165). The pews' peculiar positioning in the choir and presbytery dates from the time of the monastery's dissolution. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

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Continuities

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Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Hudebni Veda

ISSN

00187003

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

62

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

37

Pages from-to

133 - 169

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105009429102