This is our backup site. Click here to visit our main site at MellenPress.com
Janáček and Czech Music: Proceedings of The International Conference (Saint Louis, 1988)
| Author: | Beckerman, Michael Bauer, Glen | |
| Year: | 2023 | |
| Pages: | 408 | |
| ISBN: | 1-4955-1165-0 978-1-4955-1165-3 | |
| Price: | $239.95 | |
"Although the majority of articles [in this volume] deal with Janáček, we felt that it was quite important to have sessions devoted to Czech music before the "national" period. Within the specific area of Janáček studies, we tried to encourage diversity by arranging sessions on the operas, analysis, the Danube Symphony, and also on the relationship between Janáček and his contemporaries and the larger sphere of European culture. Finally we arranged two sessions dealing specifically with scholarly problems." -Michael Beckerman [Introduction]
This book was originally published by Pendragon Press in 1995.
This book was originally published by Pendragon Press in 1995.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: Janáček and Czech Opera
Janáček's Recitatives (by John Tyrrell)
A New Hypothesis on the Theme of Janáček's "Russian" Operas (by Jiri Bajer)
Czech verismo in the 1890's (by Jan Smaczny)
"Pleasures and Woes": The Vixen's Wedding Celebration (by Michael Beckerman)
Part 2: Analytical Approaches to Janáček's Music
The "Old" and "New" Modality in Janáček's "The Diary of One Who Vanished" and Nursery Rhymes (by Jaroslav
Volek)
Musical and Dramatic Organization in Janáček's "The Cunning Little Vixen" (by Zdenek Skoumal)
Janáček's First String Quartet: Motive and Structure of the First Movement (by Zdenek Skoumal)
Structure and Meaning in the First Movement of Janáček's Concertino (by Fred Maus)
Part 3: Czech Music Before Smetana
Antonio Vivaldi and the Sporck Theater in Prague (by Daniel E. Freeman)
Jan Dismas Zelenka's Setting of Psalm 150: "Chwalte Boha Silneho" (by Jan Stockigt)
18th Century Folk Music in the Czech Lands: Comments on the State of Research (by Zdenka Pilkova)
Cantor's Music, Local Repertories and Some Thoughts on the Need for a Bohemian Musical Topography (by Mark
Germer)
Vojtech Jirovec and the Viennese String Quartet (by Roger Hickman)
J.V. Vorisek and the Fantasy (by Kenneth Delong)
Part 4: Editorial Approaches to Janáček
The Principles of the Janáček Critical Edition (by Jarmil Burghauser)
Editorial Guidelines for the Complete Edition of Janáček's Works (Barenreiter and Supraphon, Publishers)
The Performer as Co-Editor: Proposals for a New Complete Edition of Janáček's Works (by Paul Wingfield)
Part 5: Janáček and the Contemporary World
Dvorak and Janáček: New Insights into an Old Friendship (by Alan Houtchens)
Romantic and Twentieth-Century Styles in the 1870's: Music for String Orchestra by Dvorak and Janáček (by David Beveridge)
The Program of Balada Blanicka (by Hugh Macdonald)
A Reappraisal of Janáček as a Realist (by Marilyn S. Clark)
Czechoslovak Presence at Schoenberg's Verein (by John H. Yoell)
Henry Cowell, Leos Janáček and Who were the others? (by Eva Drlikova)
Leos Janáček and His Influence on Slovak Music (by Milan Adamciak)
Part 6: Janáček's "Danube" Symphony
Was Janáček Satisfied With His Symphony "The Danube"? (Alena Nemcova)
Janáček's "Danube": Some Notes on the Montage of the Symphony by the Composer and on its Reconstruction from an
Autographic Draft (by Milos Stedron)
Leos Janáček's "Danube" Symphony--Original and Chlubna Versions (by Jakob Knaus)
The Vocalise in "Danube" Symphony (by Peter Susskind)
Part 7: Janáček: Past, Present, and Future
The Reception of Leos Janáček as seen through a Study of the Bibliography: A Preliminary Report (by Jaroslav Mracek)
Leos Janáček Today (by Jiri Vyslouzil)
The Controversy between Reality and its Living in the Work of Leos Janáček (by Jaroslav Jiranek)
Janáček and the Dance of "Categories" Jiri Fukac
Index
Part I: Janáček and Czech Opera
Janáček's Recitatives (by John Tyrrell)
A New Hypothesis on the Theme of Janáček's "Russian" Operas (by Jiri Bajer)
Czech verismo in the 1890's (by Jan Smaczny)
"Pleasures and Woes": The Vixen's Wedding Celebration (by Michael Beckerman)
Part 2: Analytical Approaches to Janáček's Music
The "Old" and "New" Modality in Janáček's "The Diary of One Who Vanished" and Nursery Rhymes (by Jaroslav
Volek)
Musical and Dramatic Organization in Janáček's "The Cunning Little Vixen" (by Zdenek Skoumal)
Janáček's First String Quartet: Motive and Structure of the First Movement (by Zdenek Skoumal)
Structure and Meaning in the First Movement of Janáček's Concertino (by Fred Maus)
Part 3: Czech Music Before Smetana
Antonio Vivaldi and the Sporck Theater in Prague (by Daniel E. Freeman)
Jan Dismas Zelenka's Setting of Psalm 150: "Chwalte Boha Silneho" (by Jan Stockigt)
18th Century Folk Music in the Czech Lands: Comments on the State of Research (by Zdenka Pilkova)
Cantor's Music, Local Repertories and Some Thoughts on the Need for a Bohemian Musical Topography (by Mark
Germer)
Vojtech Jirovec and the Viennese String Quartet (by Roger Hickman)
J.V. Vorisek and the Fantasy (by Kenneth Delong)
Part 4: Editorial Approaches to Janáček
The Principles of the Janáček Critical Edition (by Jarmil Burghauser)
Editorial Guidelines for the Complete Edition of Janáček's Works (Barenreiter and Supraphon, Publishers)
The Performer as Co-Editor: Proposals for a New Complete Edition of Janáček's Works (by Paul Wingfield)
Part 5: Janáček and the Contemporary World
Dvorak and Janáček: New Insights into an Old Friendship (by Alan Houtchens)
Romantic and Twentieth-Century Styles in the 1870's: Music for String Orchestra by Dvorak and Janáček (by David Beveridge)
The Program of Balada Blanicka (by Hugh Macdonald)
A Reappraisal of Janáček as a Realist (by Marilyn S. Clark)
Czechoslovak Presence at Schoenberg's Verein (by John H. Yoell)
Henry Cowell, Leos Janáček and Who were the others? (by Eva Drlikova)
Leos Janáček and His Influence on Slovak Music (by Milan Adamciak)
Part 6: Janáček's "Danube" Symphony
Was Janáček Satisfied With His Symphony "The Danube"? (Alena Nemcova)
Janáček's "Danube": Some Notes on the Montage of the Symphony by the Composer and on its Reconstruction from an
Autographic Draft (by Milos Stedron)
Leos Janáček's "Danube" Symphony--Original and Chlubna Versions (by Jakob Knaus)
The Vocalise in "Danube" Symphony (by Peter Susskind)
Part 7: Janáček: Past, Present, and Future
The Reception of Leos Janáček as seen through a Study of the Bibliography: A Preliminary Report (by Jaroslav Mracek)
Leos Janáček Today (by Jiri Vyslouzil)
The Controversy between Reality and its Living in the Work of Leos Janáček (by Jaroslav Jiranek)
Janáček and the Dance of "Categories" Jiri Fukac
Index