{"product_id":"janzaeks-sinfonietta-nigel-simeone-9781837653300","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 \u003ci\u003eSinfonietta\u003c\/i\u003e - 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 \u003ci\u003eSinfonietta\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eSinfonietta. \u003c\/i\u003eThis 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,Jiri Zahradka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1837653305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781837653300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Nigel Simeone","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47965695541503,"sku":"9781837653300","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_548b4ab2-175d-4b9d-8250-cbf233e313cf.jpg?v=1767284179","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/janzaeks-sinfonietta-nigel-simeone-9781837653300","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}