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  2. Music of the Czech Republic - Wikipedia

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    Music of the Czech Republic comprises the musical traditions of that state or the historical entities of which it is compound, i.e. the Czech lands (Bohemia, Moravia, Czech Silesia). Czech music also constitutes a substantial part of the music culture of its direct predecessor, Czechoslovakia. Music in this area has its roots in sacred music ...

  3. Moravian folk music - Wikipedia

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    Widespread use of traditional folk music in the repertoire of Czech rock bands began in the 1990s. Significant representatives of this genre are Čechomor, Fleret and Vlasta Redl. Another important musician who deals with Moravian traditional music is the avant-garde singer and violinist Iva Bittová.

  4. Category:Czech musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Czech musical instruments" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bladder pipe;

  5. Polka - Wikipedia

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    The 2/4 meter polka merged well with Belarusian traditional dance, which had a similar meter. For example, " Trasucha " ( Belarusian : "Трасуха", "Trasucha" or "Пацяруха", "Paciaruchais" ) a symbol of a typical folk dance, from which it received its name, and polka. [ 15 ]

  6. Czech folklore - Wikipedia

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    These celebrations are nowadays accompanied with music and traditional food and mark the opening of the tourist season. [5] Erecting a Maypole: unmarried men in southern parts of the Czech Republic and in Slovacko cut off trees such as fir, spruce or pine to make a traditional maypole out of it over night representing spring. The branches are ...

  7. Czech bluegrass - Wikipedia

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    Traditional bluegrass music played on acoustic instruments was a vital part of Czech culture during the Velvet Revolution in the Czech Republic. Bluegrass, along with other styles of music, was used as a form of expression and rebellion by the Czech people, as a way to express their grievances with the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. Czechs ...

  8. Saint Wenceslas Chorale - Wikipedia

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    Saint Wenceslas Chorale (Czech: Svatováclavský chorál) or simply Saint Wenceslas is a church hymn and one of the oldest known Czech songs and Czech religious anthems. Its roots can be found in the 12th century and it belongs to the most popular religious songs even today, and to the oldest still used European chants

  9. Hody (Moravia) - Wikipedia

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    It is erected with the help of ladders and crowbars. The maypole stands in the centre of a dancing place (in Czech: plac or sólo). People are dancing and singing around with the accompaniment of the brass music. The main organizer and arranger of Hody is a selected young boy called první stárek (the first stárek - literally the first "old ...