Opera and ideology in Prague / Brian S. Locke.

Author/creator Locke, Brian S., 1972-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoRochester, NY : University of Rochester Press,
Descriptionxix, 431 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm.
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SeriesEastman studies in music
Contents Introduction : nationalism, modernism, and the social responsibility of art in Prague -- Smetana, Hostinský, and the aesthetic debates of the nineteenth century -- Legacies, ideologies, and responsibilities : the polemics of the pre-independence years (1900-1918) -- "Archetypes who live, rejoice, and suffer" : Czech opera in the fin de siècle -- The pathology of the new society : debates in the early years of the First Republic (1918-24) -- Infinite melody, ruthless polyphony : Czech modernism in the early Republic -- "A crisis of modern music or audience?" : changing attitudes to cultural and stylistic pluralism (1925-30) -- "I have rent my soul in two" : divergent directions for Czech opera in the late 1920s -- Heaven on earth : socialism, jazz, and a new aesthetic focus (1930-38) -- "A sad optimism, the happiness of the resigned" : extremes of operatic expression in the 1930s -- The ideological debates of Prague within a European context.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [389]-418) and index.
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LCCN 2006020813
ISBN1580462286 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9781580462280

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