Table of Contents

Introduction
1: 1679-c.1710: Zelenka's Early Years in Bohemia
2: c.1710-1719: Zelenka's Move to Dresden, Study in Vienna, and Return to Dresden
3: 1719-1732: The Liturgical Year of the Dresden Catholic Court Church
4: 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
5: 1723-1732: Zelenka's Compositions for the Dresden Catholic Court Church
6: 1733: Changes
7: 1734-1745: Zelenka's Position and Status within the Musical Organization of the Dresden Court
8: 1734-1745: Zelenka's Late Compositional Style - Reflections of Musical Change in Dresden
9: The Afterlife of Zelenka and his Music
Appendix 1: Worklist
Appendix 2: Dedications and Petitions
Select Bibliography
Index

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Reviews

`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.'
BBC Music Magazine, September 2001
`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.'
BBC Music Magazine, September 2001
`the first extensive examination of his life and music and a model of what such books should be.'
Martin Anderson, Punch