Dr John Tyrrell: 2 books
Janacek: Years of a Life Volume 1 (1854-1914)
The Lonely Blackbird
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
John Tyrrell's biography of the Leos Janácek is the culmination of a life's work in the field. It stands upon his existing documentary studies of Janácek's operas and translations of other key sources and his examination of thousands of still unpublished letters and other documents in the Janácek...
Janacek: Years of a Life Volume 2 (1914-1928)
Tsar of the Forests
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2011
Volume 2 opens at the the outbreak of the First World War and at the time of Janácek's lowest ebb. Within two years, however, his fortunes were transformed by the Prague production of Jenufa This led to international fame and fortune and to the magnificent creative flowering in which the elderly...