Department of Music History

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC HISTORY is an autonomous part of the Institute of Ethnology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, which in its turn is one of the public research institutes (P.R.I.) grouped within the system of scholarly centres of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Its goal is to conduct research in the field of history of Czech and European music culture after the year 1600, with special focus on the source study of music of the period between the 18th and 20th centuries, as well as on three long-term projects of critical editions: The New Dvořák Edition (NDE); Musica antiqua bohemica (series nova); and Leoš Janáček´s records of folk music and dances.