The study pursues the process of the Czech Modernism development at the end of the 19th century, observing three streams of thought: realism, progressive movement and modernist literature, whose interconnection in various configurations created the specific shape of the emerging modernism. The well-known "Czech Modernism" proclamation of October 1895 completed the constitutive process and at the same time it was its epitaph. and Článek zahrnuje poznámkový aparát pod čarou
This article reflects on three recent publications dealing with broadside ballads in the Czech lands. These include a publication from regional museum collections and two exhibition catalogues. It presents the various ways of comprehending this interdisciplinary phenomenon and current research trends (research into the materiality of the prints, reflection on the musical component, multilingualism and the like). It also presents terminological considerations and reflects on the broadside ballad as part of 18th and 19th century popular culture.
This study is concerned with the relationship between musical repertoire and worship services in non-Catholic churches. The repertoire of the Czech Reformation retained many traits from Catholic worship services, such as a large share of Gregorian chant (translated into Czech) and of songs related to late Medieval cantiones. Chant and polyphony were entrusted to the schola (choir), while monophonic songs could be sung by the whole congregation. The main part of the article is devoted to non-Catholic liturgical services – two types of mass (Matura and Summa) and several of the canonical hours (Matins, Prime, Vespers, and Compline) – and to forms of vocal music associated with them. Prescribed liturgy for worship services is compared with the preserved musical repertoire with the goal of understanding better the place of paraliturgical forms (motets and songs) in the framework of vocal music used in worship services.
Článek se zaměřuje na popis základních charakteristik české náboženské scény a ukazuje, že tradiční pohled na českou společnost jako vysoce sekularizovanou plně nevystihuje vztah české populace k náboženství. V první části článku pracujeme s tradičními měřítky religiozity, jakými jsou náboženské vyznání a návštěvnost bohoslužeb. Vycházíme z dat ze Sčítání lidu a ISSP 2008 a ukazujeme, že zatímco návštěvnost bohoslužeb je v české společnosti dlouhodobě stabilní, podíly vyznávajícího obyvatelstva klesají. Pokles však zasahuje především velké církve s masovým členstvím, zatímco menší denominace se těší dynamickému růstu. V druhé části textu se zabýváme obsahy náboženské víry tak, jak je zachycuje ISSP 2008. Ukazujeme, že většina respondentů sice nevěří v Boha, ale víra v magii (např. horoskopy, léčitele) je v české společnosti vysoce rozšířená. Mezinárodní srovnání přitom ukazuje, že víra v magii je typická především pro východoevropské země., The article focuses on the description of the Czech religiosity. It shows that Czech society is not as secularized as it is often argued. First part of the article analyzes the traditional measures of religiosity: church affiliation and church attendance. Using data from the Census and ISSP 2008, we show that the level of church attendance is relatively stable in the Czech society but the self-declared church affiliation is decreasing. However, the decrease affects mainly large churches with mass membership while smaller denominations enjoy dynamic growth. The second part of the article focuses on the religious beliefs in the ISSP 2008 survey. We show that the majority of the respondents did not believe in God but the belief in magic is very common in the Czech society. International comparison illustrates that the magic is typical for East European countries., and Dana Hamplová.