Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Georg Anton (Jírí Antonín) Benda (1722 - 1795)
The Prussian Connection
2. Leopold Kozeluh (1747 - 1818)
The Viennese Connection
3. Jan Ladislav Dusík (1760 - 1812)
The London Connection
4. Václav Jan Krtitel Tomásek (1774 - 1850)
The Musical Patriarch of Prague
5. Jan Václav (Hugo) Vorísek (1791 - 1825)
The Bohemian Schubert
6. Bedrich Smetana (1824 - 1884)
An Icon of Nationalism
7. Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
Humoresques and Beyond
8. Zdenek Fibich (1850 - 1900)
An Intimate Life's Journey
9. Leos Janácek (1854 - 1928)
The Moravian Connection
10. Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859 - 1951)
A Lifetime of Lyricism
11. Vítezslav Novák (1870 - 1949)
The Slovakian Connection
12. Josef Suk (1874 - 1935)
The Dvorák Legacy Transformed
13. Bohuslav Martinu (1890 - 1959)
From Tower Dweller to Cosmopolite
14. Alois Hába (1893 - 1973)
Master of Microtones
15. Ervín Schulhoff (1894 - 1942)
The Berlin Connection
16. Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944)
The Hero of Terezín
17. Klement Slavicky (1910 - 1999)
The Janácek Legacy Transformed
18. Petr Eben (b. 1929)
Folklore, Antiquity, Spirituality
Appendix: Repertoire, Editions, Recordings—A Selective Listing
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

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A comprehensive and insightfully analyzed range of the works of Czech composers from the late-18th through the early-20th centuries

About the Author

Dr. David Yeomans is Professor Emeritus at Texas Woman's University, where he taught Piano, Piano Literature and Pedagogy, and Music History. He is author of Bartók for Piano (IUP 1987, 2000).

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