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Janacek: A Composer's Life. .(Book Review)
Janacek: A Composer's Life. By Mirka Zemanova. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2002. [xiv, 352 p. ISBN 1-555-53549-6. $35.] Illustrations, bibliography, index.
In the introduction to her new biography of Leos Janacek, Mirka Zemanova states that she has three goals: (1) to describe Janacek's life for the general reader; (2) to lead the listener familiar with some of Janacek's output to additional works; and (3) to provide new material in English for scholars and serious students (p. 1). She has succeeded in each of these tasks. Zemanova's Janacek contains the most detailed account of Janacek's personal life available in English, and draws on many documents ...
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- Magazine article from: Contemporary Review November 1, 2002 700+ words
Janacek: A Composer's Life. Mirka Zemanova. John Murray. [pounds sterling...three aims: to give listeners to Janacek's music 'something of his life...not available in English including Janacek's correspondence with Kamila Stosslova...
- Janacek Studies.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Notes AUDUS, MARK December 1, 2000 700+ words
Janacek Studies. Edited by Paul Wing-field...extraordinary upsurge of interest in Leos Janacek outside his native country. Even earlier...recordings of all the great operas brought Janacek's works to an ever wider audience. At...
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- Magazine article from: Notes Paige, Diane M. September 1, 2007 700+ words
Janacek: Years of a Life. Volume I (1854-1914...In this hefty volume of over 800 pages, Janacek's life is examined vis-a-vis archival...Tyrrell's detailed chronological account of Janacek's life up to World War I includes chapters...
- Janacek's Works: A Catalogue of the Music and Writings of Leos Janacek.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Notes Smaczny, Jan June 1, 1999 700+ words
...in the late twentieth century of Leos Janacek as one of the major forces in modern opera...reviewed) and the authors of this catalog, Janacek has emerged strongly. The staging of...orchestral works have rounded out an image of Janacek as one of the most poignant and original...
- Janacek and Czech Music: Proceedings of the International Conference (St....
- Magazine article from: Notes Novak, John K. June 1, 1996 700+ words
...United States on the Moravian composer Leos Janacek. This volume, arranged in seven parts...collection of essays in English concerning Janacek's music, and the only collection of proceedings from a Janacek symposium to be published in the last...
- Janacek and His World.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: American Music Teacher Wilson, Jane Ann February 1, 2004 700+ words
...pertaining to the great Czech composer Leos Janacek (1854-1928) and translations of several...collection is edited by the distinguished Janacek scholar Michael Beckerman, professor...several works on Czech music, including Janacek as Theorist and Janacek and Czech Music...
- On a different path; Leos Janacek.(composer's works illuminate opera houses and...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) October 20, 2001 700+ words
...a musical third way Good recordings of Janacek's piano music include those by Rudolf...Francisco, Sydney and Vienna are all staging Janacek operas in the 2001-02 season. Garsington...explore musical third ways, and Leos Janacek is one of the principal beneficiaries...
- Janacek in Brno.(What I Think about)
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Chiu, Yvonne June 22, 2004 700+ words
...predictably, has numerous memorials to Janacek. He was born in Hukvaldy, but, at 11...traditional Mahen Theatre or the modern Janacek Theatre. Both have good acoustics, making it clear why Janacek is ranked among the greatest of 20th...
