UEV_35 Leoš Janáček (1854 – 1928) – lesson 2/3

                                                                          Fri 1 Nov 2024 at 12 noon


b-fwd from previous lecture


Janáček’s life

Hukvaldy – Brno – Praha

„great old age“

Problém of Jenufa (Její pastorkyňa)


Janáček’s personal life

family – marriage – children


Important inspirations

Russian culture – folksong – speech melodies – women – bizarre subjects, heroines


ex. Horňácko, František Okénka


Literature:

John Tyrrell, Nigel Simeone, Jaroslav Vogel, Jiří Zahrádka, Charles Mackerras

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

https://www.leosjanacek.eu/en/

https://janacek-nadace.cz/en/zivot-leose-janacka/zivotopis-leose-janacka/

http://www.napevkymluvy.cz


Festival Janáček Brno

https://janacek-brno.cz/en/full-programme/

https://music.phil.muni.cz/aktuality/zvyhodnene-vstupne-na-festival-janacek-brno-pro-studenty-uhv


Completion of the course – requirements

Online essay on a given theme


Singing Pan Buh vam zaplať from the Ukvalské písně.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFbxReIWr3c&list=PLERgykWuDYYpiQeNs1uSCOjhcw8zV5BkU&index=3