RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Klimeš, Ivan
T1 The Motive of Vyšehrad as a Wireless Signature Tune on the Waves of Praha Radio Station and in Feature Films
JF Musicologica Olomucensia
YR 2018
VO 27
IS 1
SP 195
OP 217
DO 10.5507/mo.2018.016
UL https://musicologica.upol.cz/artkey/mus-201801-0016.php
AB The opening bars of Smetana's symphonic poem Vyšehrad found "a new life" in the form of a signature tune on the radio station Praha used since 1933. Radio signature tunes are often inspired by famous works that have the potential to represent a certain cultural circle (such as Leipzig and the tones B♭-A-C-B). It is a music emblem that is easy to remember and has been entering various contexts, particularly thanks to sound in film, in the form of a memento (for instance the Munich Agreement of 1938 or the war events) as well as by means of high explanatory power revealing actors' attitudes, creating comic situations, etc.