PT Journal
TI Prof. PhDr. Jiri Sehnal, CSc.
SO Musicologica Olomucensia
PY 2011
BP 11
EP 29
VL 14
IS 2
DE Jiri Sehnal (1931); 17th and 18th century music; Moravia; Catholic sacred music; pipe organs and pipe organ building; pontifical orchestras in Kromeriz; editions of musical monuments
AB Published outputs of Jiri Sehnal's lifelong research in the field of musicology cover several important thematic areas. Presumably, the majority of his publications deal with the history of musical culture in Moravia in the 17th and 18th century, which is the main topic of Sehnal's scholarly concern. Within this group one can find a great amount of writings devoted to church and sacred Catholic music, hymnology, secular music of that historical period - mostly concerning the music of aristocratic court bands -, or regional musicological research. The next category of Sehnal's academic publications relates to the issues of pipe organs and pipe organ building in Moravia, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries. Last but not least, it is necessary to mention Sehnal's editions of early music. Jiri Sehnal is also the author or co-author of several important monographs and individually published books, as well as the writer of a wide range of entries in prestigious musicological and other encyclopedias. A great deal of Sehnal's scholarly work was published in German. However, one should not forget a number of writings of great importance published in English - for instance the monograph on the composer P. J. Vejvanovsky and the Kromeriz music collection, which was highly appraised by the scholarly community.
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