Jan Dismas Zelenka: A Bohemian Musician at the Court of Dresden

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Oxford University Press, 2000 - Composers - 352 pages
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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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Contents

Early Years in Bohemia
1
Dresden and Vienna
32
Catholic Music and Liturgy
59
The Melodrama and Other Works
104
Liturgical Compositions 17231732
135
The Musical Organization of the Dresden Court 17341745
210
Zelenkas Late Style
229
Afterlife
265
Appendix A Worklist
286
Appendix B Dedications and Petitions
307
Select Bibliography
321
Index of Compositions
335
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