Vlasta Reittererová in her essay “From artistic Prague and Vienna of the Beginning of the 20th century” explores the artistic relations between Vienna and Prague after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. The essay focuses on the differences and similarities in the reception of modern artistic movements in both cities (in music, theatre and, to some extent, the visual arts), with particular reference to the figures of Arnold Schönberg, Alexander Zemlinsky and their Prague friends. Miroslav Lukáš's text deals with the possibilities of computer support in historiographical research of theatre and tries to point out the necessity of greater involvement of digital technologies in research processes. It then uses the example of the mobility of the Eggenberg court comedians to focus on the spatial analyses made possible by GIS (geographic information systems) technologies. Frank Ziegler's “The von Weber Family of Musicians and Theaters in Bohemia and Moravia – A Survey of the Current State of Research” looks at the theatre and music activities of Carl Maria von Weber's family, whose several members also worked at theaters in the territory of today's Czech Republic. Martin Nedbal's article explores the reception of Gluck's operas in nineteenth-century Prague and shows that it was heavily influenced by political ideologies, specifically Bohemian patriotism and both Czech and German nationalism. The issue concludes with an interview with Jitka Ludvová accompanied by a list of her bibliography.
