Biography:

Lenka Hlávková (née Mráčková , 17 August 1974 Louny – 21 December 2023 Prague ) was a Czech musicologist.

Life

She studied musicology at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague. She finished her master’s studies in 1998, in 2004 she received the Ph.D. Already during her studies, she completed internships abroad, which she then continued with a doctoral internship at the Humboldt University in Berlin (1999–2000).

Professional action

She worked as an assistant professor at the Institute of Musicology at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University  – in the years 2012-2015 she was the director, then the deputy director and then from December 2021 the director of the institute again. She participated in various research projects and is the author of several professional articles and articles. Since 2019, she has been a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts . ^{[1] [2] [3]}

She professionally focused on the history of music before 1600 , the musical culture of Central Europe in the late Middle Ages , work with Czech sources of the 15th and first half of the 16th century (for example, Kodex Strahov , Kodex Speciálník ), polyphonic song of the 15th century and  cantus fractus in Czech sources , or musical paleography . ^[1] [2] She tried to update the musical traditions of the Hussite and post-Hussite times for contemporary listeners and experts. ^[4]

Death

Lenka Hlávková died tragically as one of the victims of the shooting at the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University in December 2023. ^[3]

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