RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Silná, Ingrid
T1 Music and Singing in Olomouc Gymnastic Societies between 1918 and 1939
JF Musicologica Olomucensia
YR 2016
VO 23
IS 1
SP 133
OP 143
UL https://musicologica.upol.cz/artkey/mus-201601-0008.php
AB The study deals with performed music and singing within gymnastics clubs in Olomouc, i.e. Sokol, Orel, and Turnverein during the above mentioned period between the wars: 1918-1939. The clubs ranked among the most active in that branch. Their members devoted themselves, besides physical exercises, to playing theatre, or created instrumental ensembles. The clubs organized various celebrations, parties, and balls where their members took part, or some invited musicians and singers performed. The musical accompaniment could have been heard during public exercising, or, within the frame of exercising lessons, trainees were singing to march. Thanks to the clubs' providing the opportunity of the amateur music making by their own members, their musicality was developed and that contributed to their cultural experience. That kind of activity influenced larger public of various professions and helped with preserving of the music performed mainly in the Olomouc suburbs.