Aspects of music, arts and religion during the period of Czech Modernism

Aspects of music, arts and religion during the period of Czech Modernism

by Aleš Březina, Eva Velická

306 pages· 2009· ISBN 9783039108565

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Am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts setzt sich die tschechische Gesellschaft intensiv mit neuen spirituellen Stromungen wie Theosophie, Anthroposophie und Okkultismus auseinander. Durch die Ubersetzungen der Werke von Huysmans, Strauss, Nietzsche, Steiner und anderen einflussreichen europaischen Denkern gerat der Katholizismus immer starker in den Konflikt mit der Moderne. Die Bewegung "Katolicka moderna" versucht in Bohmen den Katholizismus zu erneuern. Zu den Mitarbeitern der Zeitschrift "Novy život" zahlen wichtige tschechische Kunstlerpersonlichkeiten. Auch die Autoren der Zeitschrift "Moderni revue" streben eine entsprechende Reform religios ausgerichteter Kunst an. Die tschechische Musik dieser Zeit widerspiegelt die vielfaltige Auseinandersetzung mit den neuen Denkrichtungen. Charakteristisch fur die betreffenden Werke ist der Synkretismus in Form einer personlichen Synthese aus verschiedenen Formen der Spiritualitat. In diesem Kongressband werden neben den Beitragen zu diesen Fragen bislang unbekannte Dokumente zur tschechischen Musik der Jahrhundertwende veroffentlicht und die Rezeptionswege von massgebenden Komponisten der Zeit (Dvořak, Janaček, Haba, Schulhoff, Novak, Martinů) untersucht. At the end of the 19th century, Czech society was preoccupied with new spiritual trends such as theosophy, anthroposophy, pantheism and occultism. The ideas of Schure, Huysmans, Peladan, Renan, Strauss, Nietzsche, Steiner, Blavatsky and other influential European thinkers were compiled and made available thanks to numerous translations. At the same time, Catholicism was coming into increasing conflict with modernism. One of the attempts at its revival in Bohemia was represented by the movement Catholic Modernism. The contributors to the review "Novy život" ("New Life") were distinct personalities of Czech cultural life. The authors of the magazine "Moderni revue" ("Modern Review") strove for reform of religion-oriented arts too. Czech music of that period reflects the multifaceted encounters with the new intellectual trends. Works are characterised by syncretism, in the form of a personal synthesis of various types of spirituality. In addition, the congress proceedings comprise research into hitherto unknown documents dealing with Czech music at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as the paths of reception of the foremost composers of the time (Dvořak, Janaček, Haba, Schulhoff, Novak, Martinů)."

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