In the last decade of his life, starting when he was a sixty-two-year old curmudgeon in a backwater Slavic country, Czech composer Leo Jancek produced operas an

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

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

Responding to the ever-increasing popularity and international performances of operas by the Czech composer Leo? Jan cek, this volume is the second in a series

A compelling portrait of this enigmatic musical genius within the context of the cultural and political currents of his time