Department of the History of Music
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Head of the department:
Mgr. Jiří Zahrádka, Ph.D.
Curator, work and life of the composer Leos Janacek.
phone: +420 541 212 811, e-mail: jzahradka@mzm.cz
Staff members:
- Mgr. Simona Šindlářová (Head of the department – maternity leave) – curator, spiritual music of the 18th and 19th centuries
phone: +420 541 212 811, e-mail: ssindlarova@mzm.cz - Jitka Buriánková - guide in the Leoš Janáček Memorial, documentation
phone: +420 541 212 811, e-mail: jburiankova@mzm.cz - Mgr. Libuše Janáčková - curator, music of the 20th century
phone: +420 541 212 811, e-mail: ljanackova@mzm.cz - PhDr. František Malý - curator, collection of musical instruments, figurative music of the 18th and 19th centuries composed on Czech texts, hymnology
phone: +420 515 231 141,e-mail: fmaly@mzm.cz - Mgr. Ondřej Pivoda - curator, music of the 20th century
phone: +420 541 212 811, e-mail: opivoda@mzm.cz - Mgr. Jana Spáčilová, Ph.D. (maternity leave) – curator, music of the 17th and 18th centuries, study room officer
phone: +420 541 212 811, e-mail: jspacilova@mzm.cz - Mgr. Irena Veselá, Ph.D. - curator, music of the 17th and 18th centuries, guide in the Leoš Janáček Memorial, documentation
phone: +420 541 212 811, e-mail: ivesela@mzm.cz - Mgr. Veronika Vejvodová - curator, Leos Janacek's personality
phone: +420 541 212 811, e-mail: vvejvodova@mzm.cz
Characteristics
- Collection, register, catalogue and scientific interpretation of written evidence related to the history of music in Moravia
- Collections: sheets of music, musical instruments, libretti, theoretical works, writings, correspondence, programmes, posters, pictorial documents, etc.
- Janacek archives
Research activities:
- According to the following the staff members' specialization
- Co-operation with the internationale database of musical sources RISM – Répertoire Interational des Sources Musicales, cf.: rism.ub.uni-frankfurt.de. The CD-Rom with RISM database is available in the sudy room.
- First stage of the long-term project of the comprehensive critical edition of Leos Janack's correspondence – in co-operation with the Institute of Music Science /Philosophical Faculty of the Masaryk University and Leos Janacek Foundation
- Preparation of thematic catalogues of the collections of sheets of music from the 18th and 19th centuries
- Gradually digitization of sheets of music, writings and archives related to Leos Janacek
Permanent activities:
- Reference library, for professionals only
- Advisory: All the curators according to their specialization
- Study facilities – study room open to the public
