Prague Concert Life, 1850-1881

Event title:

Musical entertainment given in the Guesthouse [Hotel] 'At the Black Horse'

Venue: At the Black Horse Hotel

Event type: Popular social musical and dance events

Date: 03/05/1854 pm

Season: Summer

Programme unspecified:


Commentary:

Mercy’s Anzeiger published advertisements from 22/4/1854 repeated throughout the summer season that noted ‘Music; afternoons or evenings’, followed by a list of coffee house and hotel venues giving musical entertainments on each of the seven days of the week. The ‘Guest house [Hotel] at the Black Horse’ on ‘Kolowratstrasse [Kolovratská ulice, now Na příkopě]’ was at the time of this event being included in this list for Tuesdays. No further details of this event were given by these identical source texts, only a selection of which are given with this record.


Summary of sources:

Mercy's Anzeiger für Böhmen (29/04/1854)
Mercy's Anzeiger für Böhmen (30/04/1854)
Mercy's Anzeiger für Böhmen (01/05/1854)
Mercy's Anzeiger für Böhmen (02/05/1854)