Abstract
This disertation is a contribution to our knowledge of music and musical culture in the Old Town of Prague between 1526 and 1620. The first chapter "Musical culture of a Renaissance city as a topic" discusses different views on the problem of musical culture in the city in academic literature.
This text is followed by a survey of the present state of research. The third chapter is a "Focus on the musical privacy of Prague citizens in the period before the Battle of the White Mountain".
The fourth chapter "Musical Culture in the Old Town of Prague 1526–1620 viewed through preserved musical sources" tries to focus broadly on those preserved musical manuscripts, that can be attributed to a specific place. The following chapter "The Gradual of Trubka of Roviny" a detailed examination of one of the few polyphonic sources preserved.
The last chapter "Jesuits and Prague musical culture before the Battle of the White Mountain" focuses on the relationship of the Jesuits and the city, hence court culture.