The Lost Tradition of Dvořák's Operas

John Holland

doi:10.5771/9781666930153

The Lost Tradition of Dvořák's Operas

Myth, Music, and Nationalism

1. Edition 2023

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doi.org/10.5771/9781666930153
ISBN print: 978-1-6669-3014-6
ISBN online: 978-1-6669-3015-3
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Abstract

The Lost Tradition of Dvořák’s Operas: Myth, Music, and Nationalism examines Antonín Dvořák’s operas, specifically Jakobín and Rusalka, from a critical standpoint, focusing on such criteria as tonal structures, thematic material and motives, subject matter, Czech folklore and musical influences, textual language, nationalism, characters, compositional history, performance history, and reception. The intent of this research is to vindicate and validate Dvořák as an opera composer; to show him to be an overlooked master in Nineteenth Century opera and the bridge between the Verdi and Wagner traditions. Now, well over one hundred years after his death, it is now time for Dvořák to take his rightful place in the operatic echelon.

Schlagworte

Opera History Musicology Antonín Dvorák Czech Cultural History Czech Music Czech Opera European Music History Dvorák Opera

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i–xii Preface i–xii
1–16 Introduction 1–16
17–34 The Evolution of Opera in Post-Napoleonic Europe 17–34
35–48 The Birth of Czech Opera and the National Theatre 35–48
49–58 Dvořák’s Life and Travels 49–58
59–126 A Microcosm of Dvořák’s Operas; Analysis of Jakobín and Rusalka 59–126
127–162 The Performance History of The Operas 127–162
163–180 Returning Dvořák’s Voice to the Operatic Stage 163–180
181–182 Appendix-Further Reading and Listening 181–182
183–186 Bibliography 183–186
187–190 Index 187–190
191–192 About the Author 191–192

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