The analyses of operas and tone poems by Novak, Ostrcil, Zich, Jeremias, Haba, Kricka, and Suk provide a cross-section of musical life in early twentieth-century Prague, as well as a series of interpretations of Czech cultural identity. Populist endeavors such as jazz and neo-classicism represented some of the ways in which composers of the 1930s attempted to regain an audience alienated by modernism: in this respect, the trends in Prague mirrored those of the rest of Europe. Brian Locke is assistant professor of music history at Western Illinois University (in Macomb). He has written…mehr
The analyses of operas and tone poems by Novak, Ostrcil, Zich, Jeremias, Haba, Kricka, and Suk provide a cross-section of musical life in early twentieth-century Prague, as well as a series of interpretations of Czech cultural identity. Populist endeavors such as jazz and neo-classicism represented some of the ways in which composers of the 1930s attempted to regain an audience alienated by modernism: in this respect, the trends in Prague mirrored those of the rest of Europe. Brian Locke is assistant professor of music history at Western Illinois University (in Macomb). He has written extensively on twentieth-century music, including Czech operatic and symphonic works and Alban Berg's "Wozzeck".
BRIAN LOCKE is assistant professor of music history at Western Illinois University [in Macomb].
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Introduction: Nationalism Modernism and the Social Responsibility of Art in Prague Smetana Hostinsky 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 Siecle The Pathology of the New Society: Debates in the Early Years of the First Republic (1918-24) Infinite Melody Ruthless Polyphone: 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
Introduction: Nationalism Modernism and the Social Responsibility of Art in Prague Smetana Hostinsky 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 Siecle The Pathology of the New Society: Debates in the Early Years of the First Republic (1918-24) Infinite Melody Ruthless Polyphone: 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
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