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Leoš Janáček
This is the first full-length study of Leos Janacek to be published in English. It is a sympathetic account of the composer's life, his background, periods of study in Brno, Leipzig, Vienna and Prague, his contribution to the cultural life of Czechoslovakia, and his struggle for recognition. Janacek lived at a time when Czechoslovakia was achieving independent status, a period when national feeling ran high and when national consciousness was being translated into new artistic media; he was one of the chief exponents of this new feeling and he incorporated into his music all that is truly indigenous in Czech culture - folklore, folk song, the passionate spirit of the Slav people, their struggle for independence both politically and culturally. This study presents a complete picture of Janacek as a man and Janacek as a composer. His orchestral works, choral works, and operas are minutely analyzed both musically and dramatically and are critically examined from every point of view.
The Music of Leos Janácek
The first thorough theoretical study of Janácek's compositions, focusing on motivic and rhythmic structure and identifying elements that give the music coherence, character, and interest.
The operas of Leos Janacek
The Operas of Leoš Janácek presents the comprehensive analysis of Leoš Janácek's operas. This book presents a concise account of Janácek's extraordinary musical background and development as an operatic composer. Organized into seven chapters, this book begins with an overview of Janácek's visit to the London Zoo in 1926, which profoundly influenced his very personal compositional style when he recorded the different cries and sounds of animals in musical notation. This text then describes the nature of Janácek's last two operas, which are characterized by emotional stresses, psychological conflicts, and the turbulence of text and music. Other chapters describe pastoral symphony of the opera The Cunning Little Vixen, which is a touching and sincere tribute to the basic unity of all living creatures of nature. This book discusses as well the characteristic explosive musical prose writing of Janácek. This book is a valuable resource for musicians, instrumentalists, and composers.
Intimate Letters
These are the letters of a great love story. In 1917, the Czech composer Leos Janáçek met Kamila Stösslová while on holiday at Luhaçovice, a spa resort in Moravia. He was sixty-three and locked in a loveless marriage; she was twenty-six, the wife of an antique dealer frequently away from home. After the holiday, Janáçek began writing to Stösslová. Undeterred by her lack of interest in his work and her spasmodic replies, he continued to send her letters until his death eleven years later. An extraordinarily self-revealing portrait emerges of an isolated artist at the height of his creative powers and the beginning of his international fame. It is also a portrait of a lonely man who, ...
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Jenufa/Katya Kabanova
This double volume contains two masterpieces of the Czech composer Leos Janacek. Jenufa was the opera which finally brought him international recognition - and, with it, fame at home. Based on Ostrovsky's The Storm, Katya Kabanova contains wonderful music inspired by the composer's love for a much younger woman. The scores are discussed by Arnold Whittall, and the background sources are variously introduced by social and literary historians. John Tyrell comments on an important letter about the genesis of Katya; Sir Charles Mackerras describes his work as an interpreter and advocate of this brilliantly original and dramatic music.Contents: A National Composer Jaroslav Krejci; Drama into Libr...
Janacek
A compelling portrait of this enigmatic musical genius within the context of the cultural and political currents of his time
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