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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792127503321

Autore

Wingfield Paul

Titolo

Janácek Studies [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : Cambridge University Press, 1999

ISBN

1-107-17289-6

0-511-37022-9

0-511-48205-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Collana

Cambridge Composer Studies

Disciplina

780

780.92

Soggetti

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Mer

Jana ́c?ek, Leos?, 1854-1928 -- Criticism and interpretation

Janácek, Leos, 1854-1928 -- Written works

Music theory

Opera

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Expressive sources and resources in Janácek's musical language; 2 'Nothing but pranks and puns': Janácek's solo piano music; 3 Narrative in Janácek's symphonic poems; 4 Evasive realism: narrative construction in Dostoyevsky's and Janácek's From the House of the Dead; 5 Direct discourse and speech melody in Janácek's operas; Introduction; Sárka and The Beginning of a Romance; Jenufa; Fate; The Excursions of Mr Brouek; Kát'a Kabanová; The Adventures of the Vixen Bystrouka; The Makropulos Affair : an opera of quotations

6 Kundera's eternal present and Janáek's ancient Gypsy7 Janáek's folk settings and the Vixen; Introduction; 'Pérecko'; 'Na horách, na dolách'; 'A chot'sem devucha'; Harasta's song; Conclusion; Appendix: English translations of the texts; 8 Janácek's operas in Australia and New Zealand: a performance history; Appendix; 9 Janácek's Moravian publishers; 10 Janácek,musical analysis, and Debussy's 'Jeux de vagues'; Úvodní slovo; Some remarks on the critical reception of La mer; Janácek's La mer analysis: contents, chronology, background;



'Jeux de vagues': Analysis A; Analysis B; Analysis C

ConclusionAmpli?cations/Translations for fols. 1r and 2r; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first major book about the music of the Czech composer Leos Janácek.