One of the greatest and most original composers of the early twentieth century, Leos Janácek (1854-1928) occupied a pre-eminent position in Moravian culture, not only as a composer but also as a folksong collector, journalist, educator and nationalist. His friends and associates included artists, writers, ethnographers and politicians, as well as conductors, singers and instrumentalists. Janácek’s many pupils included the conductor Bretislav Bakala and thecomposer Pavel Haas. He had important associations with publishers in Vienna and Prague and with the earliest years of Czech Radio. Janácek was strongly attached to particular places – Hukvaldy, Brno, Luhacovice – and had professional links with Prague, Berlin, London and beyond.
The Janácek Compendium includes nearly 300 entries on every aspect of Janácek’s life and works, with detailed notes on all his significant compositions – above all the operas – providing the latest information to emerge about some of his most famous pieces. An extensive bibliography supports the entries, which are cross-referenced to enable wider exploration of particular topics.
NIGELSIMEONE is a widely respected writer and lecturer on music, with a lifelong interest in Czech music. His books include
Janacek’s Works (Oxford University Press, 1997, co-authored with John Tyrrell and Alena Nemcová),
The Leonard Bernstein Letters (Yale University Press, 2013), and
Charles Mackerras (Boydell Press, 2015, co-edited with John Tyrrell). He is a regular broadcaster on BBC radio.
Table of Content
Introduction
Biography
Dictionary
Works
Bibiliography
About the author
NIGEL SIMEONE is a music scholar, writer and broadcaster specializing in twentieth-century music. He is the author of numerous books. For the Boydell Press he is the co-author with John Tyrell of Charles Mackerras (2015) and the author of The Janáček Compendium (2019).
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