Spiritual music and Czech music culture in the 1990s

The study brings the synthetic overview of the Czech sacred music development in 1990-2000. The Czech musical culture has shown the significantly increased interest in the genre of sacred music as the result of political and social changes after 1989. In addition to the composers devoted themselves to this area even before the revolution, a number of them newly composed the sacred music. Important sacred works of the past have also often found their way into the repertoire of professional musical ensembles. New institutions were established: Society of Sacred Music, Musica Sacra to provide the professional qualifications for church organists, church conservatories in Kromeriz and Opava. Sacred music became the common topic in music periodicals, especially Hudebni rozhledy (Music Review), Opus musicum and Harmonie. Since 1999, Varhanik (Organist) has been published. Recordings of sacred music and several monographs were published.