Janáček studies / edited by Paul Wingfield.
| Other author | Wingfield, Paul editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999. |
| Description | viii, 292 pages : music ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Expressive sources and resources in Janáček's musical language / Robin Holloway -- Nothing but pranks and puns : Janáček's solo piano music / Thomas Adès -- Narrative in Janáček's symphonic poems / Hugh MacDonald -- Evasive realism : narrative construction in Dostoyevsky's and Janáček's From the house of the dead / Geoffrey Chew and Robert Vilain -- Direct discourse and speech melody in Janáček's operas / Miloš Štědroň -- Kundera's eternal present and Janáček's ancient gypsy / Michael Beckerman -- Janáček's folk settings and the Vixen / Zdeněk Skoumal -- Janáček's operas in Australia and New Zealand : a performance history / Adrienne Simpson -- Janáček's Moravian publishers / Nigel Simeone -- Janáček, musical analysis, and Debussy's Jeux de vagues [extensive information about Debussy's Le Mer] / Paul Wingfield. |
| Abstract | This 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 98038096 |
| ISBN | 0521573572 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.J18 J36 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |