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[email protected] Czech Republic internet: www.musicbase.cz czech music 2 | 2004 editorial Contents 2004 Dear Readers, and friends of Czech music. The face of this issue is Rafel Kubelik, one of the greatest personalities of Czech music history. We present here three texts Page 2 Adam Michna of Otradovice and the Societas concerning different aspects of his life and work. Incognitorum We also look deeper into our history in VLADIMÍR MAŇAS an interview with Eduard Tomaštík, 2 leader of ensemble Societas Incognitorum. This ensemble revives Page 5 Rafael Kubelík: We Loved Our Giants forgotten gems of past. JINDŘICH BÁLEK We return to the contemporary music scene with reviews of festival Exposition of New Music and with reports about Page 9 Rafael Kubelík: The Soul Cannot Be Mangled three new chamber operas. by Politics In this issue you will find next of a series PETR KADLEC of supplements called Profiles, designed to mark the Year of Czech Music and introduce some of the composers whose Page 11 Rafel Kubelík: Homeland and World Art jubilees fall in this year. We have chosen PETR KADLEC those who in our view had a major influence on the development of Czech music but who are not always so well Page 13 Josef Adamík: Composer in Disguise known in the rest of the world.