Slovenská hudba, Vol. 45, No 3, p.221-243

Musical-Educational, Musical-Theoretical and Methodical-Didactic Literature by Ostrava Educators from the 1890s to 1945
The study deals with the musical-educational, musical-theoretical and methodical-didactic literature written or co-written by educators from Ostrava from the 1890s to 1945. After introducing contextual characteristics of the regional-specific features of the town of Ostrava, the author describes the development of musical education, and presents the key personalities of musical education in Ostrava in the studied period.

The next part of the study focuses on a summary of musical-educational, musical-theoretical and methodical-didactic literature written by Ostrava music teachers between the 1890s and 1945. Major authors of musical-educational, musical-theoretical and methodical-didactic literature included Arthur Kőnnemann, Rudolf Kadleček, Eduard Marhula, Edvard Rund, and Rudolf Wűnsch. In terms of topics and content, this literature was especially based on needs for the development and modernization of contemporary musical education (the area of instrumental pedagogy, music theory, singing and chorus singing, and intonation).
Other parts of the study include a detailed didactic-analytical and content-related reflection of three key publications by two music teachers, namely Rudolf Kadleček and Rudolf Wűnsch. The publications in question are “O výchově hudební. Popularisace myšlenky o správné výchově hudební” (1905) by Rudolf Kadleček, and a textbook called “A prima vista. Škola intonace” (1929) and a publication called “Katechismus školského zpěvu: Metodika a teorie” (1934) by Rudolf Wűnsch.