Janácek StudiesThis book is the first major publication devoted to the music of Janáček, now widely regarded as one of the most important composers of the early twentieth century. The essays, all by leading scholars, deal with a broad range of subjects relating to opera, symphonic poem, instrumental music, cultural context and reception. Some topics, such as the sources of Janáček's musical expressivity, questions of narrative, Janáček as musical analyst and Janáček as realist, are considered seriously for the first time, whilst other more conventional topics, such as 'speech melody' and Janáček's ethnographic activities, are reappraised. A transcription of Janáček's analytical study of 'Jeux de vagues' from Debussy's La Mer is published for the first time, and this document is considered in the light of Janáček's theory of music as a whole and of the reception of La Mer. |
Contents
Janáčeks solo piano music 18 | 18 |
Narrative in Janáčeks symphonic poems 36 | 36 |
narrative construction in Dostoyevskys | 56 |
Direct discourse and speech melody in Janáčeks operas 79 | 79 |
Kunderas eternal present and Janáčeks ancient Gypsy 109 | 109 |
Janáčeks folk settings and the Vixen 127 | 127 |
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acoustic scale Act II scene analysis Australian Opera Barraqué bars bass Beckerman Blaník Blažek Brno Brouček Bystrouška chord Claude Debussy coda column composer composer's cor anglais Czech Dead death Debussy's diatonic direct discourse Dostoyevsky Dostoyevsky's Dvořák dynamic paragraph edition enharmonic Example Fiddler's Child final folk-song Gypsy harmonic motives Hauk House Howat Hudební Ibid Janáček as Theorist Janáček's music Janáček's Operas Jaroslav Vogel Jenůfa Jeux de vagues Jíra John Tyrrell Kabanová Kamila Stösslová Káť'a Kostelnička Kundera Leoš Janáček libretto major Makropulos Makropulos Affair Marty melodic minor third Moravian movement narrative nineteenth-century orchestra passage pedal piano piece pitch Prague published quotation Quoted Racek rhythm rhythmic Ron Stevens rondo Russian sčasovací base sčasování score sonata song speech melody stage Štědroň structure suggests symphonic poems Taras Bulba technique tempo textural theme theory tion tonal tone Trezise Trezise's University Press violins Vixen výběr whole-tone Z mrtvého domu