Piano music of the Czech romantics : a performer's guide
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Piano music of the Czech romantics : a performer's guide
Indiana University Press, c2006
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Contains 40 examples from piano works by Georg Anton Benda, Leopold Koželuh, Jan Ladislav Dusík, Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek, Jan Václav Voříšek, Bedřich Smetana, Antonín Dvořák, Fibich Zdeněk, Leoš Janáček, Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Vítězslav Novák, Josef Suk, Bohuslav Martinů, Alois Hába, Ervín Schulhoff, Viktor Ullmann, Klement Slavický, and Petr Eben
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-220), discography (p. [207]-214), and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Piano Music of the Czech Romantics is an anthology of forty compositions for piano by eighteen composers representing two centuries of Czech musical history. Drawing upon well-known composers-Smetana, Dvorak, Janacek, and Martinu-to ones lesser known-Benda, Fibich, and Suk-these examples, many of them out of print, are accompanied by biographical information, analyses, interpretive suggestions for each piece, as well as listings of recommended repertoire, editions, recordings, and source material for each composer. An attached CD of sixteen of the pieces in the anthology, recorded by Dr. Yeomans, is also included.
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Georg Anton (Jiri Antonin) Benda (1722 - 1795)
The Prussian Connection
2. Leopold Kozeluh (1747 - 1818)
The Viennese Connection
3. Jan Ladislav Dusik (1760 - 1812)
The London Connection
4. Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek (1774 - 1850)
The Musical Patriarch of Prague
5. Jan Vaclav (Hugo) Vorisek (1791 - 1825)
The Bohemian Schubert
6. Bedrich Smetana (1824 - 1884)
An Icon of Nationalism
7. Antonin Dvorak (1841 - 1904)
Humoresques and Beyond
8. Zdenek Fibich (1850 - 1900)
An Intimate Life's Journey
9. Leos Janacek (1854 - 1928)
The Moravian Connection
10. Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859 - 1951)
A Lifetime of Lyricism
11. Vitezslav Novak (1870 - 1949)
The Slovakian Connection
12. Josef Suk (1874 - 1935)
The Dvorak Legacy Transformed
13. Bohuslav Martinu (1890 - 1959)
From Tower Dweller to Cosmopolite
14. Alois Haba (1893 - 1973)
Master of Microtones
15. Ervin Schulhoff (1894 - 1942)
The Berlin Connection
16. Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944)
The Hero of Terezin
17. Klement Slavicky (1910 - 1999)
The Janacek Legacy Transformed
18. Petr Eben (b. 1929)
Folklore, Antiquity, Spirituality
Appendix: Repertoire, Editions, Recordings-A Selective Listing
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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