Buch, Englisch, Band Volume 6, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 608 g
Reihe: Studies in Czech Music
Buch, Englisch, Band Volume 6, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 608 g
Reihe: Studies in Czech Music
ISBN: 978-1-57647-302-3
Verlag: Eurospan
Composers like Leos Janácek, Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Josef Suk, and especially Vítezslav Novák had extraordinary talent, received good training, and gradually won support from influential publishers. With courage and critical perspective they came to terms with the bequest of the "fathers", the "founders" of Czech music, as well as with the works of their own more famous contemporaries like Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler, and Gustave Charpentier. They gained successes abroad. Reactions by the public, critics, and their colleagues, however, were mixed, as though Czech society were not capable of accepting divergent approaches to artistic creation. Many works (if not many composers) came out of this "battleground" weakened and fell by the wayside. One of the aims of this book, Czech Music Around 1900, is to draw attention to some unjustly forgotten treasures of Czech music.