| Summary: | The diploma paper presented concerns .. Music Traditions of the Lanskroun Region". In the first part it is aimed at introducing the town of Lanskroun and its neighbouring villages together fonning the above mentioned region. The town of Lanskroun is rich in history, significant places, historic sites and personalities. But this is barely all. Its music-related history reaches back as far as to the fourteenth century. However, not much has been left from this time as for the musical repositories and collections. The development of music was similar to that of other surrounding towns, though bearing its own specific features, because it took place in the multicultural Hrebecsko region. The music of the seventeenth century is mostly connected with the St. Vitus Church in Lanskroun. The following two centuries were marked by a tremendous lack of written testimonials about any local music activities. It is only said that the members of the Erxleben family were enthusiastic admirers of music. Namely, it was their nephew Karel Langer who established a society for singing, music and theatre. Owing to this act many operas of cardinal importance could take place at the local Stfelnice stage. Further, the attention is focused on contemporary chorales, musical bodies and groups which the town of Lanskroun...
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