Svatos Martinu's Subliminal States

A Study of the Composer's Writings and Reception, with a Translation of His "American Diaries"
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78744-291-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 149, 294 Seiten

Reihe: Eastman Studies in Music

The composer's diaries, translated for the first time, with commentary on his distinctive musical aesthetics and his relationship to artistic cross-currents in Czechoslovakia, France, and America.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Svatos, Thomas D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Einzelne Komponisten und Musiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Notes to the Reader
Introduction: Why Martinu the Thinker?
Martinu's Parisian Criticism
General Polemics
Until 1943
His Creative Process
On the Ridgefield Diary
1945
A Return to Prague?
Banished and Revived
Final Years
1941 Autobiography (Spring 1941)
"On the Creative Process" (Summer 1943)
The Ridgefield Diary (Summer 1944)
Essays from Fall 1945
Notebook from New York (December 1945)
Notes from 1947, Excerpts
Editorial Remarks
Appendix 1: Martinu's Source Reading
Appendix 2: Miroslav Barvík's Report on Martinu from May 1955
Appendix 3: On the Literary Reception of Kaprálová and Martinu: Jirí Mucha's Peculiar Loves and Miroslav Barvík's "At Tri Studne"
Notes
Works Cited
Index