Music of Leos Janácek

Name: Music of Leos Janácek
Brand: University of Rochester Press
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By Zdenek Skoumal

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The works of Leos Jancek, 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 Jancek'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 Jancek's works with a libretto or other type of text consider relationships between word and music, revealing their connection to deeper structural issues.
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.

Product details

Edition:: illustrated
Number of Pages:: 306
Release Date:: 2020-06-20
Publication Date:: 2020-06-20
Publisher:: University of Rochester Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1580469949
ISBN13:: 9781580469944
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 596 g
Height:: 157 cm
Width:: 235 cm
Thickness:: 21 cm

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