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Janacek: Years of a Life: (1854-1914) The Lonely Blackbird v. 1
Dr John Tyrrell
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Description for Janacek: Years of a Life: (1854-1914) The Lonely Blackbird v. 1
Hardcover. Leos Janacek is the culmination of a life's work in the field. This title provides the most detailed account of Janacek's life in any language and offers new views of Janacek as composer, writer, thinker and human being. Num Pages: 928 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1609.
John Tyrrell's biography of the Leos Janácek is the culmination of a life's work in the field. It stands upon his existing documentary studies of Janácek's operas and translations of other key sources and his examination of thousands of still unpublished letters and other documents in the Janácek archive in Brno. Altogether it provides the most detailed account of Janácek's life in any language and offers new views of Janácek as composer, writer, thinker and human being.
Volume 1, which goes up to the outbreak of the First World War and Janácek's sixtieth birthday in the summer of 1914, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
928
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571175383
SKU
V9780571175383
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About Dr John Tyrrell
John Tyrrell is Professor of Music at Cardiff University. His books include Czech Opera, Janácek's Operas and editions of the memoirs of Janácek's widow and Janácek's correspondence with Kamila Stösslová . He is co-author of the standard catalogue of Janácek's works and, with Sir Charles Mackerras, he edited Janácek's opera Jenufa. In 2002 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by ... Read more
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