The Basset Horns of Franz Doleisch in Czech and Worldwide Instrument Collections
| Pages | 116–154 |
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| DOI | 10.37520/muscz.2021.004 |
| Keywords | Franz Doleisch, basset horn, Czech Museum of Music instrument collection, woodwind instruments, clarinet, aerophones, wind instrument making, Franz Strobach, Theodor Lotz |
| Citation | ŠEBESTA, Róbert a KOTAŠOVÁ, Daniela. The Basset Horns of Franz Doleisch in Czech and Worldwide Instrument Collections. Musicalia. Journal of the Czech Museum of Music / Časopis Českého muzea hudby . Prague: National Museum, 2021, 13(1-2), 116–154. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/muscz.2021.004. ISSN 1803-7828 (Print), 2533-5634 (Online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/musicalia-journal-of-the-czech-museum-of-music-casopis-ceskeho-muzea-hudby/13-1-2/the-basset-horns-of-franz-doleisch-in-czech-and-worldwide-instrument-collections |
A biography of Franz Doleisch, a Prague maker of woodwind instruments, summarises the facts so far known about his life. Basset horns account for more than half of the instruments he made. Preserved specimens from Czech and foreign collections are described with respect to their characteristic morphological features, bore diameter, the number and design of the keys, and the trademark. Although the evaluation of findings with respect to the quality of workmanship shows that he was one of the leading Czech instrument makers of his day, current musical organology literature has not yet reflected this fact. The goal of the present study is to present the first phase of research on instruments made by Doleisch, with the intention of drawing attention to one of the elite European instrument makers of the latter half of the 18th century.
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