During the 1970s and 80s, the area around the so-called Bělidla “, originally a small square containing predominantly houses of tradesmen, had to make way for the planned through-road which insensitively separated Litomyšl into two parts. Pedestrians making their way from the bus station to the town centre, go through an underpass leading to a park near the former headquarters of the Oseva enterprise (today the headquarters of Moneta Money Bank) built between 1979 and 1980.
On the 12th of September 1987, a sculpture symbolizing Music, by the artist František Janda, an inhabitant of the nearby village of Osík, was unveiled. Several models for this sculpture have been preserved which feature female figures alongside metal components of abstract, geometrical forms. However, the resulting sculpture is simpler and warmer. It features a young woman clutching a violin to her bosom. The figure of a woman lost in herself, executed in roughly hewn marble, contrasts with the smooth body of the violin. The woman's dreamy expression, with her lips touching the violin, all accentuate the intimate atmosphere of the natural environment.
František Janda's work can be considered typical for sculpture work of the so-called “normalization” period when a considerable majority of artists turned to neutral figurative topics. Figures of women and girls, either in their civilian sense or symbolizing abstract, positively evaluated reality, such as youth, spring or music, became common themes for sculptures adorning public spaces.
The chosen motif also reflects the long tradition of music in Litomyšl. It is a pity therefore, that the park has not been made more accessible to the public. It has never become a place to relax in and most passersby overlook it.
