In addition to his activities as a composer, Leos Janácek was a prolific literary personality whose works include not only letters, feuilletons, criticisms, au

This is the first major book about the music of the Czech composer Leos Janácek.

Once thought to be a provincial composer of only passing interest to eccentrics, Leos Janácek (1854-1928) is now widely acknowledged as one of the most powerfu

The first thorough theoretical study of Janácek's compositions, focusing on motivic and rhythmic structure and identifying elements that give the music coheren

This contextual study of Janácek's operas reveals the composer's creative responses to a wide range of Czech and non-Czech traditions.