{"product_id":"janzaeks-sinfonietta-9781837654413","title":"Janá\u0026#269;ek's Sinfonietta","description":"\u003cb\u003eA definitive study of Janáček's Sinfonietta, tracing its creation, reception, and rise to international prominence.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book provides a musical 'biography' of Leos Janáček's (1854-1928) most famous orchestral piece - his Sinfonietta - by analysing its sources, composition, reception history, recordings and musical component parts. The most up-to-date research on the genesis and performance history of the work, it considers in detail Janáček's orchestral writing, the inspiration and genesis of the Sinfonietta, a documentation of all the surviving sources for the work, the work's performance history during Janáček's lifetime and following his death until the end of the Second World War, including press reviews and relevant correspondence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book also examines the growth in the worldwide popularity of the Sinfonietta. This evolved from cautious and hostile critical responses to the premiere recording in 1946 to its gradual acceptance as one of the key works of the 1920s, largely thanks to the advocacy of conductors whose work is considered in detail, alongside other significant recordings. Questions of performance, rehearsal, interpretation and the musical text are considered in a wide-ranging interview with the conductor Jakub Hrůsa, and a concluding chapter provides a detailed commentary on the music itself. The book includes a valuable appendix describing the annotated scores used by conductors such as Otto Klemperer, Frantisek Neumann and Henry Wood, as well as a comprehensive discography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nigel Simeone,Jiří Zahrádka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Twentieth-Century Music\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.53d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781837654413","brand":"Boydell Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46858626465929,"sku":"9781837654413","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_599b1523-9006-41f8-bc1f-b21fd0e55080.jpg?v=1780982912","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/janzaeks-sinfonietta-9781837654413","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}