In the Mists for Piano. Leos Janacek

DESCRIPTION
Most of Czech composer Leo Janá eks music for solo Piano was produced during the relatively short period between 1900 and 1912. This was a period in which Janá ek suffered the death of his second child, andhad to come to terms with multiple rejections from the Prague music scene, which denied the composer and his distinctive musical language the opportunity to participate in international musical developments until 1916, when hiswork finally managed to gain international recognition.

In the Mists was composed during this period of great difficulty and despair in a house in the garden of the Brno Organ School, hidden from the eyesofthe world, with a broken self confidence and a mind in a state of melancholy.

Influenced by Debussys impressionism, In the Mists is one of the most remarkable works in 20th-century Piano literature, saidto be 20 years ahead of its time. In the Bärenreiter Urtext edition Janá eks cycle is presented in the form that can be found in the Complete Critical Edition of the Works of Leo Janá ek. A preface by Ji Zahrádka is also included in Czech, English and German.

Because of the virtuoso nature of Janá eks work, it is more challenging and less accessible, but extremely rewarding when mastered.

SPECIFICATIONS
Composer Leos Janacek
Instrumentation Piano
Product Type Score
Instrument Group Piano or Keyboard
Publisher Bärenreiter-Verlag
Style Period Romantic
ISMN 9790260103306
No. Pages 28
No. BA9500