Janácek Studies

This is the first major set of essays on the Czech composer Leos Janá^Dvcek, widely considered one of the most important composers of the early twentieth century. The essays deal with a range of subjects relating to opera, symphonic poem, instrumental music, cultural context, reception, and Janá^Dvcek as music theorist and analyst. Some topics, such as the sources of Janá^Dvcek's musical expressivity, narrative, Janá^Dvcek as musical analyst and realist have hitherto received little...
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This is the first major set of essays on the Czech composer Leos Janá^Dvcek, widely considered one of the most important composers of the early twentieth century. The essays deal with a range of subjects relating to opera, symphonic poem, instrumental music, cultural context, reception, and Janá^Dvcek as music theorist and analyst. Some topics, such as the sources of Janá^Dvcek's musical expressivity, narrative, Janá^Dvcek as musical analyst and realist have hitherto received little attention, whilst other, more conventional topics, such as 'speech melody' and Janá^Dvcek's ethnographic activities, are reappraised.