Essays on Czech music / Zdenka E. Fischmann.
| Author/creator | Fischmann, Zdenka E. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Boulder : East European Monographs ; New York : Distributed by Columbia University Press, 2002. |
| Description | 187 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | East European monographs ; no. 610 East European monographs ; no. 610. ^A68228 |
| Contents | Music in the Life of Czechs -- A Spanish Maestro with Bohemian roots -- Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek's poetic piano pieces -- The first Czech opera: Frantisek Skroup's Dratenik (The Tinker) -- Smetana and Pivoda -- The Smetana centennial -- Gustav Mahler and Bohemia -- Masaryk and music -- Vitezslava Kapralova (1915-1940) -- With extinguished strength and heart in the dust as a tree that has been uprooted, a study of Janacek's creativity -- The Vixen Bystrouska and her champions -- The Max Brod centennial -- Music in Terezin 1941-45 -- Jewish musicians with roots in Czechoslovakia -- Some Jewish musicians from Czechoslovakia -- Oscar Morawetz, humanitarian composer -- Rafael Kubelik -- Czech music in Texas. |
| Abstract | The author was a tireless propagator of the music of her native Czechoslovakia. This book of essays, published by the SVU, the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences which has chapters in major cities around the world, is a tribute to her work. Among the eighteen essays are articles on the first Czech opera, Gustav Mahler and Bohemia, the Max Brod centennial, music in the Terezin concentration camp, and Czech music in Texas. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 2002106641 |
| ISBN | 0880335084 |