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| Genre/Form: | Congresses Congrès |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Antonín Dvořák; Antonín Dvořák; Antonín Dvořák |
| Material Type: | Conference publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David R Beveridge |
| ISBN: | 0198164114 9780198164111 |
| OCLC Number: | 32050649 |
| Notes: | The majority of the essays in this vol. were engendered by the Dvořák Sesquicentennial Conference and Festival in America (New Orleans, 1991). |
| Description: | xi, 305 p., [7] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction / David Beveridge -- 1. Metamorphoses of Dvorak's Image in the Course of Time / Jarmil Burghauser -- 2. Cypresses: An Appreciation, and a Summary of Editorial Problems on the Eve of its First Publication / Miroslav Novy -- 3. Texts to Cypresses, with English Translation by David R. Beveridge / Gustav Pfleger-Moravsky -- 4. Dvorak's First Songs: Some Insights into Cypresses / Klaus Doge -- 5. Cypresses: A Song Cycle and its Metamorphoses / Jan Smaczny -- 6. From the Vistula to the Danube by Way of the Vltava: Dvorak's Vanda in Vienna / Alan Houtchens -- 7. Vanda and Armida, A Grand-Operatic Sisterhood / Jan Smaczny -- 8. Dvorak's Dimitrij - A Challenge to Editors / Milan Pospisil -- 9. Rusalka and its Librettist, Jaroslav Kvapil: Some New Discoveries / Marketa Hallova -- 10. Dvorak and the Meaning of Nationalism in Music / Leon Plantinga -- 11. The 'Dvorak Battles' in Bohemia: Czech Criticism of Antonin Dvorak, 1911-15 / Marta Ottlova. |
| Responsibility: | edited by David R. Beveridge. |
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Abstract:
The Czech composer Antonin Dvorak has recently received special attention from scholars thanks to the changed political climate in his native land and shifting currents of musical reception. Rethinking Dvorak provides a forum for studies of Dvorak by experts worldwide, including many from the Czech Republic who have never before published in English. The 24 essays offer penetrating insights into Dvorak's personality, his place in history, and the sheer beauty of his music. How this music was received and appreciated is a subject of special focus, offering explanations as to why, despite the composer's popularity, some of his greatest compositions have remained unknown. The book rejects the image of Dvorak as important mainly for Czech nationalism; while not neglecting this subject, it also addresses his ties to the broader family of Slavonic nations, to the overall context of European music, and to the United States.
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