ČESKÉ LITERÁRNE INŠPIRÁCIE V HUDOBNEJ TVORBE JÁNA LEVOSLAVA BELLU

• Authors: Jana Lengová

Title variants

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Czech literary inspirations in Ján Levoslav Bella ś musical works

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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The composer Ján Levoslav Bella (1843 – 1936) maintained close contacts with personalities of Czech musical culture, especially in the years 1868 – 1881 and 1921 – 1936. Tanks to this he took a more intensive interest in Czech literature, which ultimately led to his taking a number of Czech literary models to set to music. The following works are extant: choirs to words by František Sušil (St. Cyril’s Deathbed Prayer) and Adolf Heyduk (Little White Shirt, I’m a Great Lady!), songs for the voice and piano Good Night and To the Singers to words by Eliška Krásnohorská, the opera fragment Jaroslav and Laura according to the verse drama by Václav Pok Poděbradský, and a song for higher bass and orchestra Credo to words by Jaroslav Martinec. The study is centred on analysis of individual works, taking into account the circumstances of their emergence and reception.

Keywords

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BELLA JÁN LEVOSLAV; CZECHO-SLOVAK RELATIONS; CZECH LITERATURE; SONG; CHOIR; OPERA

• Publisher: Institute of Musicology, Slovak Academy of Sciences; VEDA, Publishing House of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Musicologica Slovaca
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 3 (29)
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 45 – 84

Contributors

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Jana Lengová

• Ústav hudobnej vedy SAV, Dúbravská cesta 9, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic