Editing Czech Republic (section)

=== Music ===
{{Main|Music of the Czech Lands|Moravian traditional music}}
[[File:Dvorak.jpg|thumb|left|180px|[[Antonín Dvořák]]]]
The musical tradition of the Czech lands arose from the first church hymns, whose first evidence is suggested at the break of the 10th and 11th centuries. Some pieces of Czech music include two chorales, which in their time performed the function of anthems: "[[Hospodine pomiluj ny|Lord, Have Mercy on Us]]" and the [[hymn]] "Saint Wenceslaus" or "[[Saint Wenceslas Chorale|Saint Wenceslaus Chorale]]".<ref>The chronicles of Beneš Krabice of Veitmil – the hymn "Svatý Václave" mentioned there as old and well-known at the end of the 13th century [http://www.clavmon.cz/clavis/FRRB/chronica/CRONICA%20ECCLESIAE%20PRAGENSIS.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305061942/http://www.clavmon.cz/clavis/FRRB/chronica/CRONICA%20ECCLESIAE%20PRAGENSIS.htm|date=5 March 2012}}</ref> The authorship of the anthem "Lord, Have Mercy on Us" is ascribed by some historians to [[Saint Adalbert of Prague]] (sv.Vojtěch), bishop of [[Prague]], living between 956 and 997.<ref>Dějiny české hudby v obrazech (History of Czech music in pictures); in Czech</ref>

The wealth of musical culture lies in the classical music tradition during all historical periods, especially in the [[Baroque music|Baroque]], [[Classical period (music)|Classicism]], Romantic, [[Modernism (music)|modern classical]] music and in the [[traditional music|traditional]] folk music of Bohemia, Moravia and [[Silesia]]. Since the early era of artificial music, Czech musicians and composers have been influenced the folk music of the region and dance.

Czech music can be considered to have been "beneficial" in both the European and worldwide context, several times co-determined or even determined a newly arriving era in musical art,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expats.cz/prague/article/czech-culture/czech-music-history/|title=Czech Music|date=27 June 2007|access-date=3 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102152951/http://www.expats.cz/prague/article/czech-culture/czech-music-history/|archive-date=2 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> above all of [[Classical period (music)|Classical]] era, as well as by original attitudes in [[Baroque (music)|Baroque]], [[Romantic (music)|Romantic]] and [[modern classical]] music. Some Czech musical works are ''[[The Bartered Bride]]'', ''[[New World Symphony]]'', ''[[Sinfonietta (Janáček)|Sinfonietta]]'' and ''[[Jenůfa]]''.

A music festival in the country is [[Prague Spring International Music Festival]] of classical music, a permanent showcase for performing artists, symphony orchestras and chamber music ensembles of the world.