Intimate Letters : Leos Janáček to Kamila Stösslová

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These are the letters of a great love story. In 1917, the Czech composer Leos Janáçek met Kamila Stösslová while on holiday at Luhaçovice, a spa resort in Moravia. He was sixty-three and locked in a loveless marriage; she was twenty-six, the wife of an antique dealer frequently away from home....

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Janácek, Leos
Autres auteurs: Tyrrell, John
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Stösslová, Kamila, > 1891-1935.
Janáček, Leoš, > 1854-1928.
Janáček, Leoš, > 1854-1928 > Correspondence.
Stösslová, Kamila, > 1891-1935 > Correspondence.
Composers.
MUSIC > Reference.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Classical.
MUSIC > History & Criticism.
Composers > Czech Republic > Correspondence.
Czech Republic.
Personal correspondence.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:These are the letters of a great love story. In 1917, the Czech composer Leos Janáçek met Kamila Stösslová while on holiday at Luhaçovice, a spa resort in Moravia. He was sixty-three and locked in a loveless marriage; she was twenty-six, the wife of an antique dealer frequently away from home. After the holiday, Janáçek began writing to Stösslová. Undeterred by her lack of interest in his work and her spasmodic replies, he continued to send her letters until his death eleven years later. An extraordinarily self-revealing portrait emerges of an isolated artist at the height of his creative p.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (384 pages).
ISBN:9781400863686

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