• ensemble of Imperial First Field Artillery Regiment of Franz Joseph: participating ensemble
• SVOBODA, František Václav: director of ensemble

News that Kapellmeister Swoboda [Svoboda] was to embark upon a cycle of eight musical divertissements in the Žofín Hall from 3rd November was published by Bohemia 29/10/1850. The report relayed that they would take place on Sundays and Wednesdays, that the Sunday performances would be of ‘more exhilarating Art’ and those on Wednesdays would be of ‘more important and Classical compositions’.

Details of the first of these events to be held on a Wednesday was relayed in the Tagesanzeiger text of Bohemia 5/11/1850. This reported that on the afternoon of Wednesday 5th November in the Žofín Hall there would take place a ‘Musical Divertissement’ given by the band of the 1st Field-Artillery Regiment. No details of the programme were related, and the source contained no further information. The ensemble of the First Field-Artillery Regiment then had Svoboda as Kapellmeister. Svoboda has been included in the event listing on account of his arrangement of the occasion and his position.