Janáček: Mixed Choruses

Editors: Leoš Faltus, Jirí Zahrádka Binding: Hardcover Work Languages: Czech, English, German ISMN: 9790260109933 Size: 10.8 x 13.4 inches Pages: 87 Urtext / Critical Edition Description Works for choir are represented in the œuvre of Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) from his beginnings as a composer until almost the last days of his life. Already in his youth he was intensively involved as a choral director in Brno – as successor to Pavel Krížkovský with the Augustinian church choir, later with the choir of the Svatopluk tradesmen's association and with the Beseda Philharmonic Society. This volume contains five mixed choruses from the years 1877-1890. Some of these are more of an occasional composition due to the specific event for which they were written such as the "Festive Chorus" for the laying of the foundation stone of the teachers' institute, while other pieces, for example "The Wild Duck" for aspiring singers, already show the future master, who unmistakably draws on f