Jan Dismas Zelenka: A Bohemian Musician at the Court of Dresden (Oxford Monographs on Music) - Hardcover

Stockigt, Janice B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198166222 ISBN 13: 9780198166221

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2001

Synopsis

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.

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Review

`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

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198166222
• ISBN 13: 9780198166221
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 376