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Title

Piano music of the Czech romantics : a performer's guide / David Yeomans.

Author

Yeomans, David, 1938-

Publication

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.

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Description

viii, 225 p. : music; 28 cm. +

Summary

""A comprehensive and insightfully analyzed range of the works of Czech composers from the late-18th through the early-20th centuries. Piano music of the Czech romantics is an anthology of forty compositions for piano by eighteen composers representing two centuries of Czech musical history. Drawing upon well-known composers ... to ones lesser known ... these examples, many out of print, are accompanied by biographical information, analyses, interpretive suggestions for each piece, as well as listings of recommended repertoire, editions, recordings, and source material for each composer. An attached CD [compact disc] of sixteen of the pieces in the anthology, recorded by Dr. Yeomans, is also included."--Publisher's information."--From source other than the Library of Congress

Subjects

• Piano music > Czech Republic > History and criticism
• Piano music > Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-220), discography (p. [207]-214), and index.

Contents

Georg Anton (Jíří Antonín) Benda (1722-1795) : the Prussian connection -- Leopold Koželuh (1747-1818) : the Viennese connection -- Jan Ladislav Dusík (1760-1812) : the London connection -- Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774-1850) : the musical patriarch of Prague -- Jan Václav (Hugo) Voříšek (1791-1825) : the Bohemian Schubert -- Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) : an icon of nationalism -- Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) : Humoresques and beyond -- Zdeňěk Fibich (1850-1900) : an intimate life's journey -- Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) : the Moravian connection -- Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859-1951) : a lifetime of lyricism -- V́ítězslav Novák (1870-1949) : the Slovakian connection -- Josef Suk (1874-1935) : the Dvořák legacy transformed -- Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) : from tower dweller to cosmopolite -- Alois Hába (1893-1973) : master of microtones -- Ervín Schulhoff (1894-1942) : the Berlin connection -- Viktor Ullmann (1898-1944) : the hero of Terezín -- Klement Slavický (1910-1999) : the Jańáček legacy transformed -- Petr Eben (b. 1929) : folklore, antiquity, spirituality -- Appendix : repertoire, editions, recordings : a selective listing -- Notes : selected bibliography -- Index.

Call Number

JMF 08-51

ISBN

• 0253218454 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780253218452 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2006008433

OCLC

65165354

Author

Yeomans, David, 1938- Performer

Title

Piano music of the Czech romantics : a performer's guide / David Yeomans.

Imprint

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-220), discography (p. [207]-214), and index.

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JMF 08-51 [Text]

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