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MIKULÁŠ BEK, Ph.D. received his doctorate from Charles University (Prague) where from 1992 to 1999 he was lecturer. In 1999 he became Director of the Institute of Musicology of Masaryk University (Brno). He has also served as coordinator of the Music Media Training Programme for the Czech Republic (an international programme aiming at co-operation of universities and music industry enterprises) within the context of EU’s Tempus programme. His many publications focus on the sociology of music, the history of music of the 19th and 20th centuries, and music analysis. His publications have appeared in numerous volumes and journals including Sigrid Wiesmann 2001, Beiträge über Phänomenen der Kultur unserer Zeit, Fibich - Melodram - Secese / Fibich - Melodrama - Art Nouveau, The Crossroads of European Culture, Die Einsätzigkeit in der Mehrsätzigkeit als der Glaube der musikalischen Moderne, Österreichische Musikzeitschrift, Cambridge Opera Journal and Opus musicum.