Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745)
A Bohemian Musician at the Court of Dresden
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 30 November 2000
- ISBN 9780198166221
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages376 pages
- Size 242x163x25 mm
- Weight 722 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 4 pp black and white plates, music examples, tables 0
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Short description:
Jan Dismas Zelenka, the brilliant but elusive contemporary of Bach, musically served the Catholic chapel of the dazzling Dresden court during the first half of the eighteenth century. Research has uncovered biographical information, and reveals the remarkable music of a major figure of the Baroque era.
MoreLong description:
Only in the latter half of the twentieth century did the star of Jan Dismas Zelenka begin to ascend. Why did this major Bohemian composer of the Baroque era - who was known to, and esteemed by Johann Sebastian Bach - remain in the shadows for so long? Although most of Zelenka's music was composed to serve the Catholic liturgy, he left a handful of secular compositions, including six remarkable chamber sonatas. When these were first published in the 1960s, the resurrection of the almost-forgotten Zelenka was heralded.
Drawing upon surviving musical materials, contemporary accounts, and Jesuit documentation, this volume presents insights into Zelenka's life and his music and the brilliant context in which he worked - the Dresden court during the reigns of the Kings of Poland and Electors of Saxony, Friedrich August I and II. A catalogue of Zelenka's compositions is also included.
will be a stimulating companion for readers with a love of the late Baroque and of those composers whose music speaks with a distinctive and original voice ... Stockigt's lively discussion of Zelenka's music is illuminating and wide-ranging. Her judgement is fair, her conclusions well-balanced and supported by generous musical illustration.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
1679-c.1710: Zelenka's Early Years in Bohemia
c.1710-1719: Zelenka's Move to Dresden, Study in Vienna, and Return to Dresden
1719-1732: The Liturgical Year of the Dresden Catholic Court Church
c.1720-1723: Works Written Following Zelenka's Return to Dresden. The Coronation in Prague of Charles VI and Elizabeth Christine as King and Queen of Bohemia
1723-1732: Zelenka's Compositions for the Dresden Catholic Court Church
1733: Changes
1734-1745: Zelenka's Position and Status within the Musical Organization of the Dresden Court
1734-1745: Zelenka's Late Compositional Style - Reflections of Musical Change in Dresden
The Afterlife of Zelenka and his Music
Appendix 1: Worklist
Appendix 2: Dedications and Petitions
Select Bibliography
Index
