Towards a History of Music in the Colleges of the Medieval Prague University Cover Image

K dějinám hudby na kolejích pražské univerzity v jejím nejstarším období
Towards a History of Music in the Colleges of the Medieval Prague University

Author(s): Jan Ciglbauer
Subject(s): Music, Middle Ages
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Filosofický ústav
Keywords: Medieval University; Music at University; University College Liturgy; Bohemia; Prague; Cantio; Conductus; Sol nascitur; Collegium Reczkonis

Summary/Abstract: This study analyses the music and liturgy of the Rečkova kolej pražské univerzity (Reček College, or its official Latin name Collegium sanctissimae virginis Mariae domus nationis Bohemicae), based on an almost complete set of complementary non-musical sources, whose contents are unique in the Central European context. The collection includes founding documents, statutes and library catalogues, which illustrate liturgical life in a late Medieval college. The only type of sources that is missing are musical manuscripts. Nevertheless, their content can easily be reconstructed by existing manuscripts with a similar repertoire.

  • Issue Year: 9/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 7-18
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Czech