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With the exception of Leoš Janáček, composers from the generation of the so-called Czech Modern Music scarcely succeeded in presenting their work abroad in the first years of the new Czechoslovak Republic. The foreign interest in composers was indicated especially by contracts concluded with prominent publishing houses, such as the Universal Edition in Vienna, progressively developing since 1901. While in 1909–1910 the publishing house discovers Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Josef Suk, and Vítězslav Novák, and invests in their work with the prospect of certain profit, after the First World War it focuses its attention on the new generation of composers and the previously unnoticed avant-garde Second Viennese School, as well as on Leoš Janáček. Foerster, who returns to his homeland after the quarter century spent outside the Czech country, has to accept the local environment which makes it difficult to stay in touch with prominent personalities of the European culture.

With the exception of Leoš Janáček, composers from the generation of the so-called Czech Modern Music scarcely succeeded in presenting their work abroad in the first years of the new Czechoslovak Republic. The foreign interest in composers was indicated especially by contracts concluded with prominent publishing houses, such as the Universal Edition in Vienna, progressively developing since 1901. While in 1909–1910 the publishing house discovers Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Josef Suk, and Vítězslav Novák, and invests in their work with the prospect of certain profit, after the First World War it focuses its attention on the new generation of composers and the previously unnoticed avant-garde Second Viennese School, as well as on Leoš Janáček. Foerster, who returns to his homeland after the quarter century spent outside the Czech country, has to accept the local environment which makes it difficult to stay in touch with prominent personalities of the European culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study highlights the key relationships and the impact of Vladimir Helfert's ideas on Slovakia. A particular focus lies on the years of the joint Czechoslovak state when authentic music with unique Slovak features starts to formulate itself in the Slovak territory. The key authors reflecting on Vladimír Helfert differ in their interpretation regarding the amount of interest placed on Slovakia. According to Bohumír Štědroň, it is high with a strong impact on the music criticism of that era as suggested by Hrčková or not having a major impact on Slovak musical modernism as argued by Pečman. The study offers another point of view through the personality of Ivan Ballo who was not only influenced by Vladimír Helfert but participated in the creation of the image of the Czechoslovak relations. The correspondence between Ivan Ballo and Vladimír Helfert is of particular value as it significantly contributed to the characterization of new conditions and provides an analysis of the key work Fate and ideal (Osud a ideál) by Ján Levoslav Bella.

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This study highlights the key relationships and the impact of Vladimir Helfert's ideas on Slovakia. A particular focus lies on the years of the joint Czechoslovak state when authentic music with unique Slovak features starts to formulate itself in the Slovak territory. The key authors reflecting on Vladimír Helfert differ in their interpretation regarding the amount of interest placed on Slovakia. According to Bohumír Štědroň, it is high with a strong impact on the music criticism of that era as suggested by Hrčková or not having a major impact on Slovak musical modernism as argued by Pečman. The study offers another point of view through the personality of Ivan Ballo who was not only influenced by Vladimír Helfert but participated in the creation of the image of the Czechoslovak relations. The correspondence between Ivan Ballo and Vladimír Helfert is of particular value as it significantly contributed to the characterization of new conditions and provides an analysis of the key work Fate and ideal (Osud a ideál) by Ján Levoslav Bella. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]