The music of Leos? Jana?c?ek : motive, rhythm, structure /

"The first thorough theoretical study of Jana?c?ek's compositions, focusing on motivic and rhythmic structure and identifying elements that give the music coherence, character, and interest."--

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Main Authors: Skoumal, Zdenek
Published: University of Rochester Press,
Publisher Address: Rochester, NY :
Publication Dates: 2020.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Eastman studies in music, volume 170
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Summary: "The first thorough theoretical study of Jana?c?ek's compositions, focusing on motivic and rhythmic structure and identifying elements that give the music coherence, character, and interest."--
Carrier Form: xiv, 288 pages : music ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-279) and index.
ISBN: 9781580469944
1580469949
Index Number: MT92
CLC: J605.524
Call Number: J605.524/S628
Contents: Preface -- Analytic conventions -- Jana?c?ek's motives -- Musical elements -- Nineteenth-century foundation -- Folk studies -- 'Jenu?fa' -- Middle-period works -- 'The Cunning Little Vixen' -- 'The Wandering Madman' -- First String Quartet : first movement -- Three rhythmic studies -- Postscript -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Jana?c?ek's compositions and relevant folk songs -- General index.