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Leos Janacek's wind sextet, Mladi: A history of an interpretative source and suggestions for performance

Chausse', Elizabeth S.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1073077882

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2004, Doctor of Musical Arts, Ohio State University, Music.
Leos Janácek’s sextet for winds, Mládí (“Youth”), was written in the composer’s seventieth year, four years before his death in 1928. The piece was prepared for first performances nearly simultaneously in two locations. In Brno, Janácek led the rehearsals with the Brno sextet; in Prague, the flutist of the Prague sextet, Gustav Nespory, led their rehearsals. Otakar Nebuska was the editor from Hudební Matice, Prague, responsible for delivering the final manuscripts to be used as a basis for publication of the first edition of the score and parts. He believed that the published score should be as close as possible to the composer’s final manuscript, but that the individual parts should include additional details and nuances of performance. The first edition of the score was thus published essentially according to the first Brno performance. The parts used for publication, however, with all the additional details of dynamics, phrasing and articulation were those of the Prague ensemble. Janácek heard the Prague premiere of Mládí but did not have a hand in preparing the Prague sextet’s parts. Though not added by Janácek, these additional markings in the parts have merit as an interpretative source, being very early, contemporary, of Czech extraction, and heard by the composer. A survey of recordings demonstrates that the performing tradition of Mládí is based on this version of the parts. The only score of Mládí currently in print and readily available is the 2001 Editio Bärenreiter Praha “Critical Edition.” The editors removed the Prague markings from the parts; moreover, numerous details of articulation and dynamics of their own were added without noting the vast majority in their critical notes. Since the “Critical Edition” is now the only score available, a valuable interpretative source is being denied to new performers of the work. An investigation of the first recording of Mládí in 1938 by the Prague Wind Quintet and performance suggestions by J. Vogel reveal that metric cohesion should be a primary consideration when preparing the work. Included in the document are specific suggestions regarding the transitions and an indexed discography.
Katherine Borst Jones (Advisor)
109 p.
Music
Wind Sextet; Mladi; Janacek, Leos; Discography

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  • Chausse', E. S. (2004). Leos Janacek's wind sextet, Mladi: A history of an interpretative source and suggestions for performance [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1073077882

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Chausse', Elizabeth. Leos Janacek's wind sextet, Mladi: A history of an interpretative source and suggestions for performance. 2004. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1073077882.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Chausse', Elizabeth. "Leos Janacek's wind sextet, Mladi: A history of an interpretative source and suggestions for performance." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1073077882

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