New paths in opera : Martinu, Burian, Hába, Schulhoff, Ullmann /

Submitted by Joseph Hafner on 24 July, 2023 - 20:12

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Spurná, Helena,; St. Pierre, Kelly,

Source:

KLP ; Vienna, Austria :, Prague, Czech Republic, p.326 pages : (2021)

ISBN:

3990940082

Call Number:

ML1724.5

Other Number:

9783990940082

Keywords:

20th century., Czech Republic, Opera

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, discography (pages 297-303), and index.Essays. A Bohemian in Paris, Dada, film, and all the jazz : the innovative operas of Bohuslav Martinů and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes / Geoffrey Chew ; The 'polydynamic' opera Bubu of Montparnasse by Emil František Burian / Helena Spurná ; The opera utopianism of Alois Hába / Vlasta Reittererová ; Mortal encounters, immortal rendezvous : literary-musical counterpoints between Erwin Schulhoff's Flammen and Karel Josef Beneš's Don Juan / Gwyneth Bravo and Brian S. Locke ; The challenge of Viktor Ullmann's operas / Vlasta Reittererová -- Interviews & reflections. Burian ; Hába ; Martinů ; Prague composers ; Schulhoff ; Schulhoff & Ullmann ; Ullmann.