Opera and ideology in Prague [polemics and practice at the National Theater, 1900-1938]

Introduction : nationalism, modernism, and the social responsibility of art in Prague -- Smetana, Hostinský, and the aesthetic debates of the nineteenth century -- Legacies, ideologies, and responsibilities : the polemics of the pre-independence years (1900-1918) -- "Archetypes who live, rejoic...

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1. Verfasser: Locke, Brian S. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Rochester, NY Univ. of Rochester Press 2006
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Schriftenreihe:Eastman studies in music 39
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction : nationalism, modernism, and the social responsibility of art in Prague -- Smetana, Hostinský, 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 siècle -- The pathology of the new society : debates in the early years of the First Republic (1918-24) -- Infinite melody, ruthless polyphony : 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
Beschreibung:Literaturverz. S. [389] - 417
Beschreibung:XIX, 431 S.
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