Opera and ideology in Prague
By: Brian S. Locke
Series: Eastman studies in music
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
Subjects: Opera -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- 20th century; Music -- Political aspects -- Czech Republic -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-418) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction : nationalism, modernism, and the social responsibility of art in Prague; title: Smetana, Hostinský, and the aesthetic debates of the nineteenth century; title: Legacies, ideologies, and responsibilities : the polemics of the pre-independence years (1900-1918); title: "Archetypes who live, rejoice, and suffer" : Czech opera in the fin de siècle; title: The pathology of the new society : debates in the early years of the First Republic (1918-24); title: Infinite melody, ruthless polyphony : Czech modernism in the early Republic; title: "A crisis of modern music or audience?" : changing attitudes to cultural and stylistic pluralism (1925-30); title: "I have rent my soul in two" : divergent directions for Czech opera in the late 1920s; title: Heaven on earth : socialism, jazz, and a new aesthetic focus (1930-38); title: "A sad optimism, the happiness of the resigned" : extremes of operatic expression in the 1930s; title: The ideological debates of Prague within a European context