Janácek Studies
- Editor: Wingfield, Paul
After reading this volume, even those sceptical about Roger Scruton's recent claim that Janacek is the greatest of all twentieth-century composers should find it more difficult to ignore his... — More…
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Contents
- Preface
- 1. Expressive sources and resources in Janacek's musical language Robin Holloway
- 2. 'Nothing but pranks and puns': Janacek's solo piano music Thomas Ades
- 3. Narrative in Janacek's symphonic poems Hugh Macdonald
- 4. Evasive realism: narrative construction in Dostoyevsky's and Janacek's From the House of the Dead Geoffrey Chew and Robert Vilain
- 5. Direct discourse and speech melody in Janacek's operas Milos Stedron
- 6. Kundera's eternal present and Janacek's ancient Gypsy Michael Beckerman
- 7. Janacek's folk settings and the Vixen Zdenek Skoumal
- 8. Janacek's operas in Australia and New Zealand: a performance history Adrienne Simpson
- 9. Janacek's Moravian publishers Nigel Simeone
- 10. Janacek, musical analysis, and Debussy's 'Jeux de vagues' Paul Wingfield
- Index.
