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1	Czech Opera Arias: An Anthology for Soprano Nichols, Bree 05 1900 (has links) This anthology of late 19th- and early 20th-century Czech opera arias for soprano focuses on works that lack existing scholarship, bridging the language gap through translations and pronunciation materials for English-speaking singers. Its 24 arias supplement the works of Smetana, Dvořák, and Janáček with those of contemporaneous composers Karel Bendl, Zdeněk Fibich, Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Karel Kovařovic, Vítězslav Novák, and Otakar Ostrčil. Its musicological scope provides vignettes of the musical-cultural landscape of Czech opera around the turn of the 20th century, the transformation of Czech declamation during that period, and the language knowledge needed to sing the works thereof. Chapter 2 elucidates the methodology used in the anthology's phonetic transcriptions and discusses the unique articulatory demands of singing in Czech. Chapter 3 grounds contemporaneous discussion of Czech declamation as late 19th- and early 20th-century composers and librettists sought to shape a musical voice suited to the features of their language. The following chapter is a look at Janáček's unique solution to this challenge. In Chapter 5, the relationship between criticism and composition is examined for these two faces of Czech modernism. Finally, Chapter 6 includes new performance editions of the arias curated for the anthology. Each aria is accompanied by an idiomatic translation, an inline phonetic transcription and word-for-word translation, a brief biographical introduction of the composer, and background information contextualizing the aria and the work from which it is derived. The objective of the anthology is to facilitate a broader range of well-informed performances of Czech repertoire as well as the acquisition of Czech lyric diction for singers at various experience levels. Czech opera Czech diction Czech aria 19th-century Czech music 20th-century Czech music Declamation in opera Czech modernism Language, Linguistics Anthology Songs, Czech -- Analysis, appreciation. Czech language -- Diction. Operas -- Excerpts. Academic theses Songs Art music Operas Excerpts
2	Recepce české a slovenské opery v Německu se zřetelem k Bavorské státní opeře v Mnichově / Reception of Czech And Slovak Opera in Germany in Consideration of Bavarian State Opera in Munich Leška, Rudolf January 2013 (has links) This thesis examines from theatrical point of view the Janáčkian dramaturgy in German speaking countries within the context of local reception of Czech and Slovak opera and with special consideration of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. The main referential base of research is German daily critique through which the Author presents an overview of more important productions of Leoš Janáček's operas. The Author then discusses the historical context of these productions, the stage history, German Janáčkian programme and roots of modern-day social-critical expressive staging of Janáček in German speaking area as compared to the more lyrical realistic Czech approach (to simplify). The discussed period is concluded with the year 1998.
3	Revolutionizing Czechness: Smetana and Propaganda in the Umělecká Beseda St. Pierre, Kelly M. 26 June 2012 (has links) No description available. Music Bed&345 ich Smetana Um&283 leck&225 beseda Czech music Czech opera music drama symphonic poem nationalism Prague 19th century Communism M&225 vlast Libu&353 e Zden&283 k Fibich Hudebn&237 klub Zden&283 k Nejedl&253

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