09-30-2017, 11:56 AM
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) was the definitive late-bloomer as a composer. He may have been a bit archaic... but you don't need that as an excuse for this ecstatic work. Should there be another Fantasia project, then here is a work that I might suggest as the the source of the "music for its own sake", which in the original Disney Fantasia was J S Bach's Toccata and Fugue in d-minor, and in Fantasia 2010 was the "Glorious Fifth" of Ludwig van Beethoven.
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) wrote a wide variety of works, including chamber works, the Glagiolitic Mass, piano works, and opera. The opera has one problem: it's written in a language spoken by a very small population. Czech is a low priority for people learning languages. Among the Slavic languages, Russian (obviously!), Polish, Ukrainian, and Serbo-Croatian attract more attention. His operas are interesting.
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) was the definitive late-bloomer as a composer. He may have been a bit archaic... but you don't need that as an excuse for this ecstatic work. Should there be another Fantasia project, then here is a work that I might suggest as the the source of the "music for its own sake", which in the original Disney Fantasia was J S Bach's Toccata and Fugue in d-minor, and in Fantasia 2010 was the "Glorious Fifth" of Ludwig van Beethoven.
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) wrote a wide variety of works, including chamber works, the Glagiolitic Mass, piano works, and opera. The opera has one problem: it's written in a language spoken by a very small population. Czech is a low priority for people learning languages. Among the Slavic languages, Russian (obviously!), Polish, Ukrainian, and Serbo-Croatian attract more attention. His operas are interesting.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.