music criticism, 19th century, Emil Lvovský

This paper presents the versatile personality of Emil Břetislav Lvovsky (1857-1910, alias Emil Pick), a Prague native who worked first in Lvov and then for many years in Vienna. He made his mark in history primarily as an instrumentalist, teacher, composer and music publicist. In the latter area he first came to prominence as a foreign correspondent for the Prague music periodical Dalibor and later as editor-in-chief of his own periodical Österreichische Musik- und Theaterzeitung, his reports appearing in the Neue musikalische Presse, for example. During his stay in Vienna, he not only paid attention to the musical life of the German-speaking majority, but also to the musical scene of Slavs living or performing in Vienna. His music-critical work represents a comprehensive body of work that has not yet been appreciated by musicology. In doing so, it offers not only the creation of an idea of what Lvovsky was engaged in, but how his assessment of compositions and performances evolved. Particularly important is his assessment of Antonín Dvořák's compositions - they are often in direct contrast to those of other composers and present Lvovsky as a publicist who was sharply critical of Dvořák's music.