Title: Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812) :
Authors: Illiano, Roberto.; Stewart-MacDonald, Rohan H.
Date: 2012
Publisher: Ut Orpheus,
Physical description: xvi, 546 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: M
Abstract: Dussek spent time in Germany, the Netherlands, London, Hamburg and Paris. As a result, his compositions and piano skills were known throughout Europe. The 15 articles in this book explore his work and travels, and their influence on each other.
Contents: The Bohemian Dussek sources / Michaela Freemanová -- New evidence on Dussek's life and works : unpublished correspondence and concert advertisements / Massimiliano Sala -- Dussek in London's commercial world / David Rowland -- The Dutch journey of Jan Ladislav Dussek / Rudolf Rasch -- Dussek's instrumental compositions : their performance and reception in nineteenth-century London / Therese Ellsworth -- La postérité de Dussek en France au XIXe siècle / Laure Schnapper -- Portraits of Dussek from London and Paris / Alan Davison -- Dussek's only orchestral genre : the piano concertos / Stephan D. Lindeman -- Dussek's chamber music : blurring the boundaries between private and public musical life / Marie Sumner Lott -- I quartetti Op. 60 di Jan Ladislav Dussek / Renato Ricco -- Dussek 'l'Invocation' sonata and the mystique of the last work / Erik Entwistle -- Remote keys and 'Englishness' in the solo pianoforte : sonatas of Jan Ladislav Dussek and his British-based contemporaries / Rohan H. Stewart-MacDonald -- L'esprit de fantaisie dans l'œuvre de Jan Ladislav Dussek / Jean-Pierre Bartoli -- 'Singing polyphony' : performing Dussek's Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 61 ('Élégie harmonique') / Jeremy Eskenazi -- Jouer Dussek / Jeanne Roudet.
Notes: Chiefly in English; 1 article in French.
Subject headings (LCSH): Composers--Czech Republic--Bohemia--Biography.; Dussek, Johann Ladislaus, 1760-1812--Appreciation--Europe.; Dussek, Johann Ladislaus, 1760-1812--Criticism and interpretation.; Dussek, Johann Ladislaus, 1760-1812--Travel--Europe.; Pianists--Czech Republic--Bohemia--Biography.