The existence and development of theatre institutions has always been determined by the current political and particularly by economic situation, the social stratification of the inhabitants and the audience, by the development of the media as well as by the artistic capacity of the country in the discussed era. Miriam Hasíková Emanuel Bastl, Leader of the Opera Ensemble in Olomouc (1928–1932) The paper, which is based on an investigation of original sources including interviews with witnesses, deals with the aforementioned issues also with regard to the music scene of the main city of Central Moravia, Olomouc.
Its representatives attempted to form the given phenomenon under the direction of communist ideology, both administratively and in terms of education. For these reasons, discotheques quite soon became the focus of communist cultural politics. These events mediated entertainment for a broad group of people, at the same time provided information unavailable in the context of the official media. Jan Blüml The Issue of “Discotheques” in Czechoslovak Popular Music with Special Regard to the Music Scene in Olomoucĭiscotheques were one of the most important forms of Czechoslovak popular culture before 1989.