8th Workshop of the Czech Handel Society

Monday 8 November 2010 at 6.00 pm.

Classroom No. 19 at 'Vyšší odborná škola oděvního návrhářství a Střední průmyslová škola oděvní' (Vocational High School for Clothing Design and Secondary Technical School for Clothing), Jablonského 3/333, Prague 7 - Holešovice, Czech Republic, close to the underground station 'Nádraží Holešovice' (line 'C').

Admission free.

Snacks & drinks available in vending machines on the premises of the School.

Programme:

Imperial Kapellmeisters and Vice-Kapellmeisters
at the Hapsburg Court of Vienna in the 17th Century

The lecture will be given by PhDr. Radek Menoušek, musicologist, composer and baroquist.

Jan Thomas van Yperen (1617-1678): Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I of Hapsburg (1640-1705; Emperor 1658-1705), dressed as Acis in 'La Galatea' (Vienna, 1667), a favola pastorale per musica by Antonio Draghi (1634 or 1635 - 1700). Oil painting on copper, 1667. 33.3 × 24.2 cm. Ambras Castle, Innsbruck, Austria.

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