Kein anderer Komponist steht in so lebendiger Weise für die Verbindung von Tradition und Moderne wie Leoš Janáček. In seinem Schaffen verbinden sich nationale Identität und universaler Humanismus. 1854 in Mähren geboren, wird Janáček erst spät - im Alter von 60 Jahren - über die Grenzen seiner engeren Heimat hinaus bekannt, erlangt dann aber v. a. mit seinen Opern Jenůfa und Katja Kabanowa, der Sinfonietta sowie mit kammermusikalischen Werken rasch Weltruhm. Seine einzigartige, textnahe Kl...

A collection of 15 Moravian folksongs originally composed in 1922. Classic Folk Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works of folk music ever composed, reproduced from authoritative editions for the enjoyment of musicians and music students the world over.

A Cycle of Love Songs Translated by the Nobel Laureate"Dappled woodland light,Spring well chill and bright,Eyes like stars at night,Open knees so white.Four things death itself won't cover,Unforgettable forever."In 1917, while reading his local newspaper, the Czech composer Leos Janacek discovered the poems that he was to set to music in his song cycle Diary of One Who Vanished. Written by Ozef Kalda and published anonymously, they ...

The works of Leos Janácek, including Jenufa and several of his other operas, have been widely performed in recent years. But they have rarely been investigated closely from a theoretical perspective, and their musical language remains only partially understood. Zdenek Skoumal here offers a chronological exploration of Janácek's compositions that focuses on musical structure, identifying elements and processes that give the music coherence, character, and interest.Skoumal d...

This book investigates the spectrum of meaning inherent in six orchestral works by Leoš Janáček. It codifies his compositional style, first through a thorough examination of its origins in folk music and speech-melody, then in discussions of the features of its melody and motivic techniques. His harmonic style and multiple organizations of tonality are examined in rich detail. The analysis section consists of the examination of each musical work’s musical elements, its affective and progra...

"Berta Zuckerkandl war die letzte große "Salonnière" Wiens im Glanz der Jahrhundertwende. Ihre Beziehungen erstreckten sich in die Welt der Literatur, der bildenden Kunst, der Musik, des Theaters, der Mode, der Medizin, der Philosophie und der hohen Politik. In ihren Aufzeichnungen finden sich Telefongespräche, Briefwechsel und Anekdoten, die von ihren Begegnungen mit Gustav Mahler, Alexander Girardi, Emil Zuckerkandl, Alma Mahler, Katharina Schratt, Kaiser Franz Josef, Ignaz Seipel, Gottf...