Bohuslav Martinů Four Songs About Mary For mixed chorus (SATB), unaccompanied

Description: Bohuslav MartinůČtyři písně o Marii[Four songs about Mary]coro misto a cappella, 1934, H. 235Edited byZdeněk ZouharPraha : Tempo, ©1993 1 score (40 pages) ; 31 cm, For mixed chorus (SATB), unaccompanied Czech words, with English, French, and German translations.Pref. and critical notes in Czech, English, French, and German. Contents:Zvěstování [The AnnunciationSen [A dream]Snídaní panny Marie [Our Lady's breakfast]Obraz panny Marie [The Virgin Mary's picture]Bohuslav Jan Martinů (Czech: December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959) was a Czech composer of modern classical music. He wrote 6 symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores and a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal and instrumental works. He became a violinist in the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and briefly studied under Czech composer and violinist Josef Suk. After leaving Czechoslovakia in 1923 for Paris, Martinů deliberately withdrew from the Romantic style in which he had been trained. During the 1930s he experimented with expressionism and constructivism, and became an admirer of current European technical developments, exemplified by his orchestral works Half-time and La Bagarre. He also adopted jazz idioms, for instance in his Kitchen Revue (Kuchyňská revue). In the early 1930s he found his main fount for compositional style: neoclassicism as developed by Stravinsky. He became prolific, quickly composing chamber, orchestral, choral and instrumental works. His Concerto Grosso and the Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani are among his best-known works from this period. Among his operas, Juliette and The Greek Passion are considered the finest. He is compared with Prokofiev and Bartók in his innovative incorporation of Central European ethnomusicology into his music. He continued using Bohemian and Moravian folk melodies throughout his oeuvre, for instance in The Opening of the Springs (Otvírání studánek). His symphonic career began when he emigrated to the United States in 1941, fleeing the German invasion of France. His six symphonies were performed by all the major US orchestras. Eventually Martinů returned to live in Europe for two years starting in 1953, then was back in New York until returning to Europe for good in May 1956. He died in Switzerland in August 1959.

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