The operas of Leoš Janáček (Commonwealth and international library. Music division)

The Operas of Leos Janicek presents the comprehensive analysis of Leos Janicek's operas. This book presents a concise account of Janicek's extraordinary musical background and development as an operatic composer. The Operas of Leo Janek presents the comprehensive analysis of Leo Janek's operas. This book presents a concise account of Janek's extraordinary musical background and development as an operatic composer. Organized into seven chapters, this book begins with an overview of Janek's visit to the London Zoo in 1926, which profoundly influenced his very personal compositional style when he recorded the different cries and sounds of animals in musical notation. This text then describes the nature of Janek's last two operas, which are characterized by emotional stresses, psychological conflicts, and the turbulence of text and music. Other chapters describe pastoral symphony of the opera The Cunning Little Vixen , which is a touching and sincere tribute to the basic unity of all living creatures of nature. This book discusses as well the characteristic explosive musical prose writing of Janek. Content: Inside Front cover, Page iib Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv FOREWORD, Pages ix-xi EDITORIAL NOTE, Pages xiii-xvi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, Page xvii EXTRACT, Page xviii ERIK CHISHOLM: A TRIBUTE, Pages xix-xxiv INTRODUCTION, Pages 1-4 CHAPTER 1 - THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD, Pages 5-72,72a,72b,72c,72d,73-86 CHAPTER 2 - THE MAKROPULOS CASE, Pages 87-134 CHAPTER 3 - SHARP-EARS—THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN, Pages 135-136,136a,136b,136c,136d,137-177 CHAPTER 4 - KÁTJA KABANOVÁ, Pages 179-200,200a,200b,200c,200d,201-223 CHAPTER 5 - THE EXCURSIONS OF MR. BROUČEK, Pages 225-297 CHAPTER 6 - JENŮFA, Pages 299-328,328a,328b,328c,328d,329-343 CHAPTER 7 - OTHER OPERAS OF JANÁČEK, Pages 345-375 APPENDIX - DETAILED THEMATIC ANALYSIS OF ŠIŠKOV'S MONOLOGUE (The House of the Dead, Act III), Pages 377-390