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Famous Czech Composers

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  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023272%3A_____%2F21%3A10135019" target="_blank" >RIV/00023272:_____/21:10135019 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Result on the web

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Famous Czech Composers

  • Original language description

    Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884), Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904), Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) and Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) together comprise the most well-known quartet of Czech composers, whose influence surpassed the borders of Czech lands, and to a certain extent and time, successfully reached world renown. Their differing destinies and the various social and political conditions of their time played a significant role in promoting their works. The authors of the catalog for the exhibition Famous Czech Composers focus on the destinies of these four composers, while simultaneously searching for common denominators that characterized their creations. A look at the individual personalities is navigated through foundational life events and through a deeper look at their general lives, such as existential conditions, environments, professions, travels, as well as glances at their personalities and character traits. Their creations can be examined through four central works - Bedřich Smetana&apos;s Vltava (1874) from the cycle Má Vlast, Antonín Dvořák&apos;s Symphony No. 9 in E minor &quot;From the New World&quot; (1893), Leoš Janáček&apos;s Sinfonietta (1926) and Bohuslav Martinů&apos;s Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano, and Timpani (1938). Readers will also be able to compare four iconic operas from each composer - Smetana&apos;s The Bartered Bride (1866), Dvořák&apos;s Rusalka (1900), Janáček&apos;s The Cunning Little Vixen (1923) and Martinů&apos;s Juliette (1937). Another aspect that merges the creations of these composers, while also dividing them, are the inspirations that comprise the individual chapters. The texts are also dedicated to the daily rituals of the composers, which are closely related to their compositional process. The last chapter focuses on the relationships and connections between the four composers. The catalogue offers a wealth of supplementary visual materials and representative photographs of the subjects of the exhibition.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    B - Specialist book

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    60403 - Performing arts studies (Musicology, Theater science, Dramaturgy)

Result continuities

  • Project

  • Continuities

    I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Others

  • Publication year

    2021

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • ISBN

    978-80-7036-661-5

  • Number of pages

    351

  • Publisher name

    Národní muzeum

  • Place of publication

    Praha

  • UT code for WoS book