Opera and ideology in Prague: polemics and practice at the national theater / Brian S. Locke.
Material type: TextPublication details: USA: University of Rochester Press, 2006Description: 431 pISBN: 1580462286Subject(s): Music -- Political aspects -- Czech Republic -- History -- 20th century | Opera -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 782.1094371209041Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS--NOTES TO THE READER—ABBREVIATIONS--TIMELINE OF MODERN CZECH HISTORY
1. Introduction: Nationalism, Modernism, and the Social Responsibility of Art in Prague
2. Smetana, Hostinska, and the Aesthetic Debates of the Nineteenth Century
3. Legacies, Ideologies, and Responsibilities: The Polemics of the Pre-Independence Years (1900-1918)
4. Archetypes Who Live, Rejoice, and Sufferance?: Czech Opera in the Fin de Siacle
5. The Pathology of the New Society: Debates in the Early Years of the First Republic (1918--24)
6. Infinite Melody, Ruthless Polyphony: Czech Modernism in the Early Republic
7. A Crisis of Modern Music or Audience: Changing Attitudes to Cultural and Stylistic Pluralism
8. Have Rent My Soul in twice: Divergent Directions for Czech Opera in the Late 1920s
9. Heaven on Earth: Socialism, Jazz, and a New Aesthetic Focus (1930�38)
10. A Sad Optimism, the Happiness of the Resigned?: Extremes of Operatic Expression in the 1930s
11. The Ideological Debates of Prague Within a European Context 326 Appendix One: Personalize
APPENDIX ONE: Personalize
APPENDIX TWO: Premieres and New Productions at the National Theater, 1900—1938
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