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Jenufa/Katya Kabanova
Engelsk Paperback
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Jenufa/Katya Kabanova
Engelsk Paperback

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This double volume contains two masterpieces of the Czech composer Leoš Janácek. Jenufa was the opera which finally brought him international recognition – and, with it, fame at home. Based on Ostrovsky’s The Storm, Katya Kabanova contains wonderful music inspired by the composer’s love for a much younger woman. The scores are discussed by Arnold Whittall, and the background sources are variously introduced by social and literary historians. John Tyrell comments on an important letter about the genesis of Katya; Sir Charles Mackerras describes his work as an interpreter and advocate of this brilliantly original and dramatic music.

Contents: A National Composer Jaroslav Krejci; Drama into Libretto, Karel Brusak; The Challenge from Within: Janácek’s Musico-dramatic Mastery, Arnold Whittall; Janácek and Czech Realism, Jan Smaczny; Jenufa: Libretto by Leoš Janácek; Jenufa: English translation by Otakar Kraus and Edward Downes; A Russian Heart of Darkness, Alex de Jonge; Janácek’s forgotten commentary on ‘Katya Kabanova’, John Tyrrell; Katya Kabanova: Libretto by Leoš Janácek; Katya Kabanova: English translation by Norman Tucker; Janácek’s Operas – Preparation and Performance, Charles Mackerras

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
128
ISBN-13:
9780714544342
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0714544345
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
7 feb 2011
Længde:
8mm
Bredde:
143mm
Højde:
216mm
Forlag:
Alma Books Ltd
Oplagsdato:
7 feb 2011
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge