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Hlavní mĕsto

Masarykovo nábřeží 16, Nové Město
(Hlahol)

Karel Bendl, Bedřich Smetana a Karel Knittl

Choirmasters of the Czech choir 'Hlahol'

Čeněk Vosmík & Ladislav Beneš
F. Barták (Praha)
1911-1927

Praha / Karel Bendl, Bedřich Smetana a Karel Knittl

Description

Three commemorative plaques of three famous choirmaster of the Czech choir 'Hlahol': Bedřich Smetana (1863-1865), Karel Bendl (1865-1877), and Karel Knittl (1877-1890 and 1897-1901).
The plaques are designed by architect Josef Fanta, that of Smetana modelled by Ladislav Beneš in 1912 (cast by F. Barták), and the two others by Čeněk Vosmík in 1927.

Praha - Karel Bendl, Bedřich Smetana a Karel Knittl

památce
karla BENDLA
svého sbormistra
v l. 1865 – 1877
zasvěcuje HLAHOL
In memory of
Karel Bendl
our choirmaster
from 1865 to 1877
dedicated by Hlahol

Karel Bendl (Praha 1838 - Praha 1897), Czech composer (Wikipedia).

Praha - Karel Bendl, Bedřich Smetana a Karel Knittl

Bedř.
SMETA- | NOVI
sbormi | stru r.1863
u vděčné vzpomínce
členstvo Hlaholu
mdccccxi
To Bedř.
Smetana
choirmaster, 1863
in grateful remembrance
the members of Hlahol
MDCCCCXI

Bedřich Smetana (Litomyšl 1824 - Praha 1884), Czech composer (Wikipedia).
Signed: lil f. barták and l. benes

Praha - Karel Bendl, Bedřich Smetana a Karel Knittl

Na paměť o Hlahol
zasloužilého
Karla KNITTLA
sbormistra v l:
1877-90 a 1897-1903
In memory by Hlahol
the distinguished
Karel KNITTL
choirmaster from
1877–90 and 1897–1903

b>Karel Knittl (Polnã 1853 - Praha 1907), Czech composer, conductor and music teacher (Wikipedia).

Artists

Ladislav Beneš (Praha 1883 - Častolovice 1956), Czech sculptor, painter and stucco artist (Wikipedia).
Čeněk Vosmík (Humpolec 1860 - Praha 1944) , Czech sculptor and restorer (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Hlahol pražský.
Pamětní desky v Praze, Katalog pražských pamětních desek

Location (N 50°4'40" - E 14°24'51") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: czpr150; Photograph: 10 July 2026
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