Event title:

Entertainment to celebrate the presence in Prague of Slavic respresentatives attending the funeral of P.J. Šafařík

Venue: Civic Society [Měšťanská beseda / Bürger-Ressource]

Event type: Art music culture

Date: 29/06/1861

Season: Summer

Keywords: Folk culture, Festival and celebratory events, Genres - Secular choral music, Genres - Secular solo vocal music, Public performance events

Programme including:

General participants:

private choir of J.L. Lukes: participating ensemble, vv

UNSPECIFIED, ? : unspecified chorus, vv

PROCHÁZKA, Jan Ludevít : song Pravý Čech True Czech no.1 from 2 Patriotic songs [Vlastenské písně], v, pf
• Lukes, Jan Ludevít : v

Polish folksong Jeszcze Polska niezginela (Still unbowed Poland), v
• Lukes, Jan Ludevít : v

Slavic folksong Hej Slovane!, v

unspecified Slavonic folksong, v
• Lukes, Jan Ludevít : v

Moravian folksong Moravo, Moravo (Moravia, Moravia), v
• Lukes, Jan Ludevít : v

Commentary:

The Národní listy 30/6/1861 review noted that the occasion was ‘lively beyond measure.’ Following Lukes’s performance of Jeszcze Polska niezginela [Still unbowed Poland], the whole audience sang Hej Slované!

Summary of sources:

Národní listy (30/06/1861)