Janacek: Years of a Life Volume 2 (1914-1928)

Janacek: Years of a Life Volume 2 (1914-1928)
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Publisher : Faber & Faber
Total Pages : 1265
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ISBN-10 : 9780571268726
ISBN-13 : 0571268722
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Download or read book Janacek: Years of a Life Volume 2 (1914-1928) written by John Tyrrell and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 1265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 2 opens at the the outbreak of the First World War and at the time of Janácek's lowest ebb. Within two years, however, his fortunes were transformed by the Prague production of Jenufa This led to international fame and fortune and to the magnificent creative flowering in which the elderly composer wrote most of his best-known works. His personal life was affected by his public affair with Gabriela Horvátová and his friendship with Kamila Stösslová, whom he saw as the inspiration for many of his late works.


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