Locke Opera and Ideology in Prague

Polemics and Practice at the National Theater, 1900-1938
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-58046-666-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 39, 458 Seiten

Reihe: Eastman Studies in Music

An overview of the history of the Prague musical community from 1900 until the end of democracy in 1938, with attention to polemics about "Czechness" and "modernism."

Autoren/Hrsg.

Locke, Brian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Nationalismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Opernmusik
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Nationalism, Modernism, and the Social Responsibility of Art in Prague
Smetana, Hostinsky, 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 Siecle
The Pathology of the New Society: Debates in the Early Years of the First Republic (1918-24)
Infinite Melody, Ruthless Polyphone: 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

Über Autor(innen)

Locke Brian:
BRIAN LOCKE is assistant professor of music history at Western Illinois University [in Macomb].