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| Uniform title | Essays. Selections. English |
| Contents |
Preface / John Tyrrell -- Leoš Janáček: a biographical sketch -- Speech melody and Czech nationalism. The language of our actors and the stage ; Moravany! Morawaan! ; Spare time ; He had an excellent ear ; Smetana's daughter ; Two London speeches -- What I admit. How ideas came about ; How musical talent manifests itself ; The fiddler's child ; Around Jenufa ; The excursions of Mr. Broucek ; Crossroads ; In the year 1874 ; What I admit ; Concertino ; Glagolitic mass ; It's dusk ; An interview in the journal literarni svet ; The development of opera -- Performances and composers. The national theatre in Brno ; Antonin Dvorak and Brno ; The bartered bride and Carmen ; The academy of music in Prague ; Carmen and the Bridegrooms ; Carmen ; Eugene Onegin ; Dalibor ; A Mozart celebration ; Romeo et Juliette by Charles Gounod ; The Tales of Hoffman by Offenbach ; Cavalleria rusticana ; The queen of spades ; Dr. Antonin Dvorak and Brno ; My memory of Smetana ; Looking back at Antonin Dvorak ; The creative mind ; On Beethoven ; It raises the alarm -- Travel and places. A few words from a holiday journey I ; A few words from a holiday journey II ; A few words from a holiday journey III ; Berlin ; Basta ; The sea, the land ; Index of Janacek's works in the text. |
| General note | Translated from the Czech. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (page 254) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 87022434 |
| ISBN | 0714528579 |
