AN EVENING OF BOHEMIAN MUSIC
A fiesta for those who love traditional music will be held on September 29 2018 at Defense Service College Auditorium when presented by German Musician Sascha Spreier together with Colombo Brass Ensemble will present ‘An evening of Bohemian music'.
Sascha Spreier, who will conduct the concert is an expert in Bohemian Music who had first played an instrument at the age of seven. Spreier said his intention to make Bohemian music as popular in Asia as it is in some parts of Europe. Early evidence with regard to the origin of this kind of music is documented in manuscripts from the library of the Cistercian monastery. One of the most important is manuscript No. 42, from 1410 in Czech Republic .It contained a hymn called Jezu Kriste, š edrý kn že ("Jesus Christ Bountiful Prince”), that people had sung during the preaching of John Huss. With the development of towns in the 15th century, music started to play an important role in two Bohemian centres: Prachatice and Susice, Vacav Prachatic in the Czech Republic. Extensive musical activities in Prachatice took place in the second half of the 16th century during the Renaissance, a notable period of literátská bratrstva (men of letters brotherhoods).
Their main focus was community singing performed during ceremonial services. The brotherhood established its memorial book in 1575, which described its activities until 1949, when the brotherhood perished.
The Habsburg Counter Reformation in Bohemia after 1620 also affected music in the region. Catholic priests performed Gregorian chorals, while the people sang spiritual songs often based on the Protestant tradition. This ended in a new Catholic edition of hymn books such as Capella regia musicalis. According to data available German and Austrian productions were influenced by this kind of music.