Jiří Černý... na bílém 6 - Hudební publicistika 2000-2020 – Černý Jiří (2021)

Jiří Černý... on white is an authorized comprehensive edition of the music journalism of Jiří Černý (* 1936). His sixty years of journalistic practice and half a century of continuous writing about music have long evoked deserved admiration and respect. Jiří Černý has often been a direct participant in events that significantly changed the face of our music scene, and thus his reviews, interviews, and commentaries contribute valuable insights into mapping both our and foreign popular music in the second half of the 20th century. The presented extensive book project by Galén Publishing is a music encyclopedia sui generis; and since Jiří Černý knows how to write about music in an interesting, timeless, vivid, and factually correct manner, this book collection will surely also become an invaluable source of information for all those who write, translate, or simply want to learn about music. The sixth volume summarizes Černý's works from 2000 to 2020. The foundation of the book consists of regular weekly commentaries for the newspapers Mladá fronta DNES, Lidové noviny, Hospodářské noviny, and the weekly Reflex. Additionally, articles from the bimonthly Svět a divadlo, the quarterly Vital Plus, and texts written for the website Aktualne.cz are included. The book also contains other requested reviews, introductory words to albums, contributions to books, responses...