Author: Leoš JanáčekPublisher:
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Languages : cs
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PRIHODY LISKY BYSTROUSKY
Author: Leoš JanáčekThe Janacek Opera Libretti: Prihody lisky Bystrousky
Author: Leoš JanáčekPublisher: Janácek Opera Libretti Series
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Responding to the ever-increasing popularity and international performances of operas by the Czech composer Leoš Janácek, this collection, meet the needs of English-speaking singers, conductors, coaches, and stage directors and conveniently provides idiomatic and word-for-word translations, including translations of stage and musical directions. In addition, the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is used to indicate Czech pronunciation, following the clearly-presented method given in the author's book Singing in Czech : A Guide to Czech Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire, with a foreword by Sir Charles Mackerras. Cheek also provides practical notes about Janácek's style, both in general terms and specific issues relating to this opera along with a plot summary with translations and vocal ranges of characters and the pronunciation of their names. The first volume is the full translation of The Cunning Little Vixen in English alongside the original Czech. The second volume on Kát'a Kabanová, will help make productions in the original Czech much easier a task than ever before.
Foxie!
Author: Příhody lišky Bystroušky
Author: Leoš JanáčekPublisher:
ISBN: 9780810846715
Category : Operas
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Pr'hody lisky Bystrousky, The Cunning Little Vixen
Author: Timothy CheekPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 1461670659
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Responding to the ever-increasing popularity and international performances of operas by the Czech composer Leo? Janácek, this volume, the first in the Janácek Opera Libretti Series, is the full translation of The Cunning Little Vixen in English alongside the original Czech. This work meets the needs of English-speaking singers, conductors, coaches, and stage directors and conveniently provides idiomatic and word-for-word translations, including translations of stage and musical directions. In addition, the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is used to indicate Czech pronunciation, following the clearly-presented method given in the author's book Singing in Czech: A Guide to Czech Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire, with a foreword by Sir Charles Mackerras. Cheek also provides practical notes about Janácek's style, both in general terms and specific issues relating to this opera along with a plot summary with translations and vocal ranges of characters and the pronunciation of their names. This entire volume is organized in a clear, readable format, resulting in a book that will help to make productions of The Cunning Little Vixen in the original Czech much easier a task than ever before.
The Opera Lover's Companion
Author: Charles OsbornePublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300123739
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Written by a well-known authority, this book consists of 175 entries that set some of the most popular operas within the context of their composer's career, outline the plot, discuss the music, and more.
Janácek’S Eternal Love
Author: George M. Cummins IIIPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491758112
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 567
Book Description
In the last decade of his life, starting when he was a sixty-two-year old curmudgeon in a backwater Slavic country, Czech composer Leo Jancek produced operas and chamber music that would stun the music world, one masterpiece on top of another. In Janceks Eternal Love, author George M. Cummins III presents a biography focusing on the life of Jancek (1854-1928) based on original Czech sources, with special attention to detailed analysis of the last four operas and biographical focus on the composers relationship with his muse, Kamila Stsslov. In 1916, Jancek was known only as a local ethnographer specializing in folk music, but he acquired international fame with the operas and chamber pieces he composed after the age of sixty-two until his death at seventy-four. Cumminswith both a personal and scholarly knowledge of Czech language, history, and culturenarrates a personal biography that includes detailed, insightful descriptions of Janceks compositions.
Janácek Studies
Author: Paul WingfieldPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521573573
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This is the first major book about the music of the Czech composer Leos Janácek.
The Music of Leos Janácek
Author: Zdenek SkoumalPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1580469949
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The first thorough theoretical study of Janácek's compositions, focusing on motivic and rhythmic structure and identifying elements that give the music coherence, character, and interest.
Janáček's Works
Author: Nigel SimeonePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198164463
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
This is the fullest catalogue in any language of the works of the great Czech composer Leo%s Jan %cek. The entry for each work includes detailed information on date of composition, source of texts, performing forces, duration, manuscript locations, publication, performances and production, dedication, and literature. The catalogue also includes a complete annotated edition of the composer's writings.