ABSTRACT
Schubert's influence on the composers of the so-called Czech national revival has always been considered axiomatic, a self-evident state of affairs to which spice, if not a great deal of substance, has been added owing to the origins of the composer's parents in north Moravia and Austrian Silesia. Strange, indeed, that a composer who 'cordially acknowledged' his debt to Schubert, should not mention him as featuring in his experience at sunday time. With each work placed end to end, the list seems not unreasonable a representation of Schubert in a period when much of his music was unavailable. The other Czech composer who seems to qualify as a genuine Schubertian by dint of performance and influence was Zdenek Fibich. Viewed, however, against the background of the twenty-five year timescale with few repeats for many of the items, it does not suggest a general admiration for, or knowledge of, Schubert in Prague at this time.
