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Martinu's Subliminal States : A Study of the Composer's Writings and Reception, with a Translation of His "American Diaries" /

Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959) was one of the most productive and frequently performed composers of the mid-twentieth century, renowned for such works as his opera Julietta; the Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano, and Timpani; and Symphony no. 6 ("Fantaisies symphoniques"). His...

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Autores principales: Martinů, Bohuslav, 1890-1959 (Autor), Svatos, Thomas D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
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Publicado: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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  • Introduction : Why Martinů the thinker?
  • A chronicle of a composer. Martinů's Parisian criticism ; General polemics ; Until 1943 ; Martinů's creative process ; On the Ridgefield diary ; 1945 ; A return to Prague? ; Banished and revived ; Final years
  • The composer speaks. Editorial remarks ; 1941 Autobiography (Spring 1941) ; "On the creative process" (Summer 1943) ; The Ridgefield diary (Summer 1944) ; Essays from Fall 1945 ; Notebook from New York (December 1945) ; Notes from 1947, excerpts
  • Documentation and further reading. Appendix 1 : Martinů's source reading ; Appendix 2 : Miroslav Barvík's report on Martinů from May 1955 ; Appendix 3 : On the literary reception of Kaprálová and Martinů : Jiří Mucha's Peculiar loves and Miroslav Barvík's "At Tři Studně".