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Name: Music Institute of Celestin Müller [Humanitarian Music Society]
Commentary:According to Dalibor 1/1/1859, p.102 Müller received state permission to found his own music institute on 12/2/1852. He did this through the patronage of Prince Lobkovic, for which reason the school was also known as the ‘Humanitarian Music Society’. The institute, located in the Staré město [Old Town] concentrated mainly on teaching the pianoforte. 15/10/1857, p.1002 noted that lessons were free for a certain number of pupils, that teaching followed a method unique to the institute, and that a special device was used to ensure the correct posture and hand position of the pupil. Lumír related in 1857 that the annual cost of lessons for those who had to pay for themselves was 4 zl.
Mercy’s Anzeiger 7/5/1854 noted that the office of the Institute was on ‘Maria-Schneeplatz [probably the square by the church of St Mary of the Snows, now Jungmannovo náměstí]’. Later that summer, Mercy’s Anzeiger 23/8/1854 later noted tht the Institute itself was located in Rittergasse [Rytířská ulice] 408-1. This was evidently a new venue, on 6/10/1854 this newspaper published a report about the Society describing the Institute’s new venue [see below]. Applications could be made for admission to the Institute each September for the course which commenced on 1st October. Mercy’s Anzeiger 13/9/1854 published a notice for the Institute inviting applications for admission and relating that among the teaching staff was Miss vom Lande.
More detailed news of the Institute was published by Mercy’s Anzeiger 6/10/1854. This reported the charitable purpose of the committee of the Humanitarian Music Institute to fund through its contributing members the education in piano playing and in music theory of poor students, and to support a programme of teaching combined with paying pupils of the Music Institute of Cölestin Müller. The report also noted that ‘The new location of the Institue in Nr. 408-1 is very expediently and tastefully furnished. The teaching will take place in a hall and in five teaching rooms on sixteen excellent instruments, where in the hall alone there are to be found eight.’ Mercy’s Anzeiger 7/11/1854 announced that practical examinations for pupils would take place on 7/11/1854 in the Institute itself on Rittergasse [Rytířská] Nr.408.
A detailed notice of this type appeared three years later in Tagesbote aus Böhmen 10/9/1857. The source related: ‘Notification of change [Localveränderung]. The undersigned respectfully has the honour to announce that his Music Training Institute in conjunction with the Humanistic Music Society is now established in the former educational Institute of Dr Czupr in kleine Jesuitengasse. At the same time, the undersigned is honoured to indicate that with the beginning of the new semester, in addition to lessons in piano playing in constant conjunction with music theory, there will also be a training course in singing. Upon request, lessons in organ playing and physharmonika are able to be give. The spacious venue has been arranged most practically for this purpose, and the greatest possible care is taken to ensure that not only can all requirements be met musically, but also pedagogically. Teaching hours for female pupils are mornings from 10-1 o’clock, and afternoons from 2-4 o’clock, for male pupils from 5-7 o’clock in the evenings. Conditions for entry are obtainable from the Institute. Young ladies may also be admitted in all disciplines. Cölestin Müller. Director of the Prague Humanitarian Music Society and of own private Music Institute.’
Prager Morgenpost 2/9/1863 published news of the commencement of the new term for this Institute on 1st September, noting: ‘The Music Institute of Mr Cölestin Müller commences its new teaching course on 1st September. This involves piano playing and the theory of music. The pupils who have been reported as being incorporated into the Institute, will find the hours of teaching arranged so that there are no conflicts with the literary School hours [‘Die Z#oglinge, welche sich zur Aufnahme gemeldet haben, finden die Lehrstunden so eingerichtet, daß keine Collison mit den liter#arischen Schulstunden stattfinden könne’].’ This presumably related to any potential conflict with normal school hours.
Music Institute of Celestin Müller - Humanistický hudební spolek / Humanistisches Musikverein
Mercy’s Anzeiger 7/5/1854 noted that the office of the Institute was on ‘Maria-Schneeplatz [probably the square by the church of St Mary of the Snows, now Jungmannovo náměstí]’. Later that summer, Mercy’s Anzeiger 23/8/1854 later noted tht the Institute itself was located in Rittergasse [Rytířská ulice] 408-1. This was evidently a new venue, on 6/10/1854 this newspaper published a report about the Society describing the Institute’s new venue [see below]. Applications could be made for admission to the Institute each September for the course which commenced on 1st October. Mercy’s Anzeiger 13/9/1854 published a notice for the Institute inviting applications for admission and relating that among the teaching staff was Miss vom Lande.
More detailed news of the Institute was published by Mercy’s Anzeiger 6/10/1854. This reported the charitable purpose of the committee of the Humanitarian Music Institute to fund through its contributing members the education in piano playing and in music theory of poor students, and to support a programme of teaching combined with paying pupils of the Music Institute of Cölestin Müller. The report also noted that ‘The new location of the Institue in Nr. 408-1 is very expediently and tastefully furnished. The teaching will take place in a hall and in five teaching rooms on sixteen excellent instruments, where in the hall alone there are to be found eight.’ Mercy’s Anzeiger 7/11/1854 announced that practical examinations for pupils would take place on 7/11/1854 in the Institute itself on Rittergasse [Rytířská] Nr.408.
A detailed notice of this type appeared three years later in Tagesbote aus Böhmen 10/9/1857. The source related: ‘Notification of change [Localveränderung]. The undersigned respectfully has the honour to announce that his Music Training Institute in conjunction with the Humanistic Music Society is now established in the former educational Institute of Dr Czupr in kleine Jesuitengasse. At the same time, the undersigned is honoured to indicate that with the beginning of the new semester, in addition to lessons in piano playing in constant conjunction with music theory, there will also be a training course in singing. Upon request, lessons in organ playing and physharmonika are able to be give. The spacious venue has been arranged most practically for this purpose, and the greatest possible care is taken to ensure that not only can all requirements be met musically, but also pedagogically. Teaching hours for female pupils are mornings from 10-1 o’clock, and afternoons from 2-4 o’clock, for male pupils from 5-7 o’clock in the evenings. Conditions for entry are obtainable from the Institute. Young ladies may also be admitted in all disciplines. Cölestin Müller. Director of the Prague Humanitarian Music Society and of own private Music Institute.’
Prager Morgenpost 2/9/1863 published news of the commencement of the new term for this Institute on 1st September, noting: ‘The Music Institute of Mr Cölestin Müller commences its new teaching course on 1st September. This involves piano playing and the theory of music. The pupils who have been reported as being incorporated into the Institute, will find the hours of teaching arranged so that there are no conflicts with the literary School hours [‘Die Z#oglinge, welche sich zur Aufnahme gemeldet haben, finden die Lehrstunden so eingerichtet, daß keine Collison mit den liter#arischen Schulstunden stattfinden könne’].’ This presumably related to any potential conflict with normal school hours.
Music Institute of Celestin Müller - Humanistický hudební spolek / Humanistisches Musikverein