Janacek Studies (Cambridge Composer Studies)

This is the first major book about the music of the Czech composer Leos Janácek. 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 This book is the first major publication devoted to the music of Janácek, 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 Janácek's musical expressivity, questions of narrative, Janácek as musical analyst and Janácek as realist, are considered seriously for the first time, whilst other more conventional topics, such as 'speech melody' and Janácek's ethnographic activities, are reappraised. A transcription of Janácek'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 Janácek's theory of music as a whole and of the reception of La mer 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 / Paul Wingfield. Edited By Paul Wingfield. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This is the first major set of essays on the Czech composer Leos Jan^Dvcek, widely considered one of the most important composers of the early twentieth century. The essays deal with a range of subjects relating to opera, symphonic poem, instrumental music, cultural context, reception, and Jan^Dvcek as music theorist and analyst. Some topics, such as the sources of his musical expressivity, narrative, and Jan^Dvacek as musical analyst and realist have hitherto received little attention, while other, more conventional topics, such as "speech melody" and Jan^Dvcek's ethnographic activities, are reappraised. This is the first major book about the music of the Czech composer Leos Janacek, one of the most important composers of the early twentieth century. The essays cover a range of topics relating to opera, symphonic poem, instrumental music, cultural context, reception, and Janacek as music theorist and analyst. Broadly speaking either composers want primarily to make shapes, patterns, forms, journeys, buildings, tables, gardens, mud-pies, or they want primarily to utter what wells up from within themselves, or from what is suggested within themselves by the impact of things from around them.

this Is The First Major Book About The Music Of The Czech Composer Leos Janácek.