Skoumal | The Music of Leos Janácek | Buch | 978-1-58046-994-4 | sack.de

Buch, Englisch, Band 170, 302 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 586 g

Reihe: Eastman Studies in Music

Skoumal

The Music of Leos Janácek

Motive, Rhythm, Structure

Buch, Englisch, Band 170, 302 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 586 g

Reihe: Eastman Studies in Music

ISBN: 978-1-58046-994-4
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer


The first thorough theoretical study of Janácek's compositions, focusing on motivic and rhythmic structure and identifying elements that give the music coherence, character, and interest.

The works of Leos Janácek, including Jenufa and several of his other operas, have been widely performed in recent years. But they have rarely been investigated closely from a theoretical perspective, and their musical language remains only partially understood. Zdenek Skoumal here offers a chronological exploration of Janácek's compositions that focuses on musical structure, identifying elements and processes that give the music coherence, character, and interest.

Skoumal demonstrates how the music combines and blends traditional tonal elements, folk-influenced features, and techniques that were forward-looking at the time. In particular, the music is shown to employ highly sophisticated and continually transforming motivic and rhythmic components.

The book's numerous musical analyses are motivically centered and employ various analytical approaches, including ones that involve reduction, structural levels, basic set theory, and rhythmic theory. Discussions of Janácek's works with a libretto or other type of text consider relationships between word and music, revealing their connection to deeper structural issues. The companion website https://zdenekskoumal.wixsite.com/janacek features audio versions of most musical examples, as well as material not included in the book.
Skoumal The Music of Leos Janácek jetzt bestellen!

Weitere Infos & Material


Preface
Janácek's Motives
Musical Elements
Nineteenth-Century Foundation
Folk Studies
Jenufa
Middle-Period Works
The Cunning Little Vixen
The Wandering Madman
First String Quartet - First Movement
Three Rhythmic Studies
Postscript
Notes
Bibliography
Index


Skoumal, Zdenek
Zdenek Skoumal is a music theorist and independent scholar who has held teaching appointments at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, the University of British Columbia, and McGill University.


Ihre Fragen, Wünsche oder Anmerkungen
Vorname*
Nachname*
Ihre E-Mail-Adresse*
Kundennr.
Ihre Nachricht*
Lediglich mit * gekennzeichnete Felder sind Pflichtfelder.
Wenn Sie die im Kontaktformular eingegebenen Daten durch Klick auf den nachfolgenden Button übersenden, erklären Sie sich damit einverstanden, dass wir Ihr Angaben für die Beantwortung Ihrer Anfrage verwenden. Selbstverständlich werden Ihre Daten vertraulich behandelt und nicht an Dritte weitergegeben. Sie können der Verwendung Ihrer Daten jederzeit widersprechen. Das Datenhandling bei Sack Fachmedien erklären wir Ihnen in unserer Datenschutzerklärung.