Modalita u Janáčka z pohledu českých a slovenských muzikologů

In his study the author observes how several Czech and Slovak musicologists since 1950s paid attention to this distinct phenomenon in Janáček's music, i.e. modality. These are represented maily by Jiří Vysloužil at the prominent Janáček congress in Brno in 1958 and subsequently in the article p...

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Main Author: Karel Steinmetz
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Language:ces
Published: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts 2021-12-01
Series:Musicologica Brunensia
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Online Access:https://journals.phil.muni.cz/musicologica-brunensia/article/view/24003
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description In his study the author observes how several Czech and Slovak musicologists since 1950s paid attention to this distinct phenomenon in Janáček's music, i.e. modality. These are represented maily by Jiří Vysloužil at the prominent Janáček congress in Brno in 1958 and subsequently in the article published by Hudební rozhledy "Modální struktury u Janáčka" (Janáček's Modal Structures), later by Jaroslav Volek and his significant studies "Modalita a flexibilní diatonika u Janáčka a Bartóka" (Modality and Flexible Diatonicism in the Music by Janáček and Bartók) and "Modalita a její formy z hlediska hudební teorie" (Modality and its Forms in the Perspective of Music Theory). Volek was followed by further authors considering modality from the point of view of music theory (Risinger, Smolka, Tichý) and studying modality in the works by Leoš Janáček; also two speakers from abroad should be mentioned: C. L. Firca from Romania and Z. Helman from Poland. Then there are mainly Czech authors who refer to these problems at Janáček congresses in Brno in 1968, 1974, 1978 and then 1988 (that particular year was dedicated to the problems of modality). Also the contribution by Jan Trojan must not be forgotten. He specialized in tonality and harmony in Moravian folksong, i.e. phenomena that Janáček himself studied in his folkloristic treatises and that influenced so strongly his music thinking which tends to be more horizontal, melodic (this relates to the use of modal terrains that resist the hierarchization of individual degrees of the scale). Problems of Janáček's modality were also often discussed at the Ostrava conferences Janáčkiana. It was here that Jaroslav Volek, for instance, presented for the first time his new concept of modality as early as 1978, 1979 and 1981. In the first decades of the 21st century in Ostrava there followed further papers on Janáček's modality, e.g. those by Leoš Faltus (2008), Roman Dykast, Markéta Štefková, Juraj Ruttkay (2010) and Zuzana Martináková (2016).
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spelling doaj.art-3e3ac3ce8b2d4966acc494a22a9fbf242023-09-06T09:09:06ZcesMasaryk University, Faculty of ArtsMusicologica Brunensia1212-03912336-436X2021-12-0156210.5817/MB2021-2-4Modalita u Janáčka z pohledu českých a slovenských muzikologůKarel SteinmetzIn his study the author observes how several Czech and Slovak musicologists since 1950s paid attention to this distinct phenomenon in Janáček's music, i.e. modality. These are represented maily by Jiří Vysloužil at the prominent Janáček congress in Brno in 1958 and subsequently in the article published by Hudební rozhledy "Modální struktury u Janáčka" (Janáček's Modal Structures), later by Jaroslav Volek and his significant studies "Modalita a flexibilní diatonika u Janáčka a Bartóka" (Modality and Flexible Diatonicism in the Music by Janáček and Bartók) and "Modalita a její formy z hlediska hudební teorie" (Modality and its Forms in the Perspective of Music Theory). Volek was followed by further authors considering modality from the point of view of music theory (Risinger, Smolka, Tichý) and studying modality in the works by Leoš Janáček; also two speakers from abroad should be mentioned: C. L. Firca from Romania and Z. Helman from Poland. Then there are mainly Czech authors who refer to these problems at Janáček congresses in Brno in 1968, 1974, 1978 and then 1988 (that particular year was dedicated to the problems of modality). Also the contribution by Jan Trojan must not be forgotten. He specialized in tonality and harmony in Moravian folksong, i.e. phenomena that Janáček himself studied in his folkloristic treatises and that influenced so strongly his music thinking which tends to be more horizontal, melodic (this relates to the use of modal terrains that resist the hierarchization of individual degrees of the scale). Problems of Janáček's modality were also often discussed at the Ostrava conferences Janáčkiana. It was here that Jaroslav Volek, for instance, presented for the first time his new concept of modality as early as 1978, 1979 and 1981. In the first decades of the 21st century in Ostrava there followed further papers on Janáček's modality, e.g. those by Leoš Faltus (2008), Roman Dykast, Markéta Štefková, Juraj Ruttkay (2010) and Zuzana Martináková (2016).https://journals.phil.muni.cz/musicologica-brunensia/article/view/24003Leoš Janáček and his worksmusic folkloristicsMoravian folksongmodalityflexible diatonicism
spellingShingle Karel Steinmetz
Modalita u Janáčka z pohledu českých a slovenských muzikologů
Musicologica Brunensia
Leoš Janáček and his works
music folkloristics
Moravian folksong
modality
flexible diatonicism
title Modalita u Janáčka z pohledu českých a slovenských muzikologů
title_full Modalita u Janáčka z pohledu českých a slovenských muzikologů
title_fullStr Modalita u Janáčka z pohledu českých a slovenských muzikologů
title_full_unstemmed Modalita u Janáčka z pohledu českých a slovenských muzikologů
title_short Modalita u Janáčka z pohledu českých a slovenských muzikologů
title_sort modalita u janacka z pohledu ceskych a slovenskych muzikologu
topic Leoš Janáček and his works
music folkloristics
Moravian folksong
modality
flexible diatonicism
url https://journals.phil.muni.cz/musicologica-brunensia/article/view/24003
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