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Janáček wrote regular articles for the Brno daily paper and in these he expressed his attitude and feelings towards the everyday things in nature and human situations which had commanded his attention. The sounds he heard, especially the human voice, he annotated with musical sketches and these appear in this book in his own words and serve to illuminate the works which this great composer produced. The thirty-odd articles are grouped under Memories of Youth, The Sounds of Music, Travel, Birds, while included under Operatic Studies is a fascinating account of the origins of The Cunning Little Vixen. The book also contains some rare photographs and music examples, many in Janáček's own hand.

Janáček - Leaves from His Life

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Paperback / softback by Leoš Janáček , Vilém and Margaret Tauský

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Janáček wrote regular articles for the Brno daily paper and in these he expressed his attitude and feelings towards the... Read more

    Publisher: Kahn & Averill
    Publication Date: 01/01/2006
    ISBN13: 9781871082081, 978-1871082081
    ISBN10: 1871082080

    Number of Pages: 160

    Non Fiction , Entertainment

    Description

    Janáček wrote regular articles for the Brno daily paper and in these he expressed his attitude and feelings towards the everyday things in nature and human situations which had commanded his attention. The sounds he heard, especially the human voice, he annotated with musical sketches and these appear in this book in his own words and serve to illuminate the works which this great composer produced. The thirty-odd articles are grouped under Memories of Youth, The Sounds of Music, Travel, Birds, while included under Operatic Studies is a fascinating account of the origins of The Cunning Little Vixen. The book also contains some rare photographs and music examples, many in Janáček's own hand.

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