Ostrava, Ostrava music life, The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre, Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Ostrava Days

In this paper the authors tried to describe the development of music culture in the previous about 120 years in Ostrava - a town, which became one of the most important industrial centers of Austria-Hungary at the end of the 1860's. Between the Wars Ostrava became also a significant cultural center with a rich concert and music-theater life, that all thanks to very good quality of Ostrava opera-house, radio and music schools and also thanks to the remarkable musicians and music teachers J. Vogel, J Schreiber, E. Marhula, F. M. Hradil, J. Šoupal et al. After World War II a conservatory, a professional symphonic orchestra and the Department of Music Education of the Faculty of Education was founded there, also some notable composers worked there - e.g. R. Kubín, M. Klega, Č. Gregor, K. Kupka, M. Báchorek.

In this paper the authors tried to describe the development of music culture in the previous about 120 years in Ostrava - a town, which became one of the most important industrial centers of Austria-Hungary at the end of the 1860's. Between the Wars Ostrava became also a significant cultural center with a rich concert and music-theater life, that all thanks to very good quality of Ostrava opera-house, radio and music schools and also thanks to the remarkable musicians and music teachers J. Vogel, J Schreiber, E. Marhula, F. M. Hradil, J. Šoupal et al. After World War II a conservatory, a professional symphonic orchestra and the Department of Music Education of the Faculty of Education was founded there, also some notable composers worked there - e.g. R. Kubín, M. Klega, Č. Gregor, K. Kupka, M. Báchorek.