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Over the past few decades the music of the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959) has enjoyed a slow but steady rise in popularity, and his six symphonies, written between 1942 and 1953, have now been recorded many times; concert performances are on the increase, too. But Martinu and the Symphony is not only the first book in English intended to help the music-lover to a deeper understanding of these glorious works - it is by far the most comprehensive work on the subject in any language. Each Symphony is examined in turn, the analyses revealing what makes each creation so individual yet also so clearly part of a close-knit family of works and identifying the elements of his melodic, harmonic and instrumental style which produce Martinu's very personal vibrant and organic symphonic manner.Martinu and the Symphony is illustrated with almost 200 musical examples, taken not only from the Symphonies but also from Martinu's other works for large orchestra. His path to symphonic mastery is examined in unprecedented detail: attention is at last paid to the early orchestral works which, although largely unperformed and unpublished even now, afford fascinating glimpses of the composer to come. A study of the late triptychs The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca and The Parables rounds out this appraisal of Martinu's enthralling symphonic and orchestral legacy. ... Read more

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368 PP CZECH BEIGE HARDCVR 1961, AUTHORIZED BIO BY M'S FRIEND, COMPLETE CATALOG OF WORKS ... Read more

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This volume contains a study of the operas written by Bohuslav Martinu during the 1920s and 1930s. Three examples demonstrate how Martinu combined dadaism, poetism and surrealism with contemporary opera, miracle play and lyrical musical to create "classical" musical theater. German text. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Czech Music, published by Czech Music Information on January 1, 2009. The length of the article is 541 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Bohuslav Martinu.(Sound recording review)
Author: Lubos Stehlik
Publication: Czech Music (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2009
Publisher: Czech Music Information
Issue: 1Page: 46(1)

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For fulte, cello or viola, and piano. ... Read more

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Ona a Martinu
If you want to get a much better book on Kapralova currently on the market, buy Jiri Mucha's Podivne lasky (Strange Loves). Its 3rd edition was published in 2004 by Prague-based publishing house Eminent and should be still available (and for a better price). Furthermore, Mucha's book also has a French language version "Au seuil de la nuit," which was published in 1991 by Editions de L'Aube and is available at amazon.ca.
Although Mucha's book still presents a rather subjective view of Kapralova, the author at least knew the composer, albeit very briefly, and he did some good additional research for the book.Most importantly, the book is really well written, and you will enjoy it for what it is - an interesting novel-autobiography. ... Read more

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Bohuslav Martinu's amazing output--over 400 imaginative, well-crafted and diverse pieces, including symphonies, operas, ballet scores, and other orchestral works--is accounted for in this biography that asserts the composer had Asperger Syndrome. ... Read more

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Chapters: The Greek Passion, Julietta, Comedy on the Bridge, Ariane, Alexandre Bis, Mirandolina, the Marriage, What Men Live By. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Comedy on the Bridge (1937)Alexandre bis (1937)Julietta (1938)The Marriage (opera) (1953)What Men Live By (1953)The Marriage (1953)Mirandolina (1959)Ariane (1961)The Greek Passion (1961) The Greek Passion (Czech ecké paije) is an opera in four acts by Bohuslav Martin. The libretto, by the composer, is based on the novel The Greek Passion (or Christ Recrucified) by Nikos Kazantzakis. The opera exists in two versions. Martin wrote the original version from 1954 to 1957. He offered this original version of the opera in 1957 to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where the music director, Rafael Kubelík, and the general administrator, John Webster, had approved the score for production. However, following intervention by Sir Arthur Bliss, the company then demurred on the production and did not stage the work at the time. The composer then produced a second version of the opera, which received its first performance at the Zurich Opera, Zürich on 6 June 1961, after Martin's death in 1959. The second version received its first UK production at Welsh National Opera on 29 April 1981, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras. The first US production was in 1981, at the Metropolitan Opera, in a production by the Indiana University School of Music. However, the first version was later restored under the supervision of Ale Bezina. The restored version was produced at Covent Garden in April 2000. This version received its Czech Republic premiere in January 2005. The setting is Lykovrissi, a Greek village, where a performance of the Passion Play is scheduled to occur around Easter. As the story proceeds...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=11862729 ... Read more

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Chapters: Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinsky, Erik Satie, Sergei Prokofiev, Paul Hindemith, Bohuslav Martinů, Ferruccio Busoni, Ottorino Respighi, Richard Kastle, Alfredo Casella, Vagn Holmboe, Jean Françaix, Willson Osborne. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 137. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 December 28, 1937) was a French composer of Impressionist music known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects. Much of his piano music, chamber music, vocal music and orchestral music has entered the standard concert repertoire. Ravel's piano compositions, such as Jeux d'eau, Miroirs, Le Tombeau de Couperin and Gaspard de la Nuit, demand considerable virtuosity from the performer, and his orchestral music, including Daphnis et Chloé and his arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, uses a variety of sound and instrumentation very effectively. Ravel is perhaps known best for his orchestral work, Boléro (1928), which he considered trivial and once described as "a piece for orchestra without music." According to SACEM, Ravel's estate earns more royalties than that of any other French musician. According to international copyright law, Ravel's works are public domain since January 1, 2008 in most countries. In France, due to anomalous copyright law extensions to account for the two world wars, they will not enter the public domain until 2015. Birthplace of Maurice Ravel in CiboureRavel was born in the Basque town of Ciboure, France, near Biarritz, close to the border with Spain, during 1875. His mother, Marie Delouart, was of Basque descent and grew up in Madrid, Spain, while his father, Joseph Ravel, was a Swiss inventor and industrialist from French Haute-Savoie. Both were Catholics and they provided a ha...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=48068 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Czech Music, published by Czech Music Information on April 1, 2009. The length of the article is 379 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Bohuslav Martinu: Piano Quintets H. 229, 298: Piano Quartet H. 287.(Sound recording review)
Author: Lubos Stehlik
Publication: Czech Music (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2009
Publisher: Czech Music Information
Issue: 2Page: 56(1)

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Chapters: List of Compositions by Bohuslav Martinů, Flute Sonata, La Revue de Cuisine, String Quartet No. 1, Clarinet Sonatina, the Frescoes of Piero Della Francesca, the Opening of the Wells. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: This is a list of compositions by Bohuslav Martin by category. The date and place after each work are the date and place of origin. The catalog numbers with the prefix "H." are based on the comprehensive catalog of Martin's works prepared by the Belgian musicologist Harry Halbreich, which was first published in 1968. A second, revised and expanded edition was completed in 2006. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=9195664 ... Read more