Contents
Pages: 239, illustrated (8 plates)
Composer and organist Petr Eben (1929–2007) was one of the most important figures in Czech music during the post-war period. This book was written in the last decade of his life and remains of considerable interest.
Apart from many shorter tributes and a very full discography, the book includes major contributions by several other of the world’s leading musicologists and organists:
- Music as Message and the Ruling Principles of Petr Eben’s Music-making: by Johannes Landgren
- Petr Eben—A “Romanticist” with a Modern Language: by Martin Sander
- Petr Eben—The Symphonic Works: by Milan Slavický
- The Organ Concertos of Petr Eben: by John Browne
- Thoughts on Laudes: by Claude Hermitte
- Okna—Chagall’s Windows According to Petr Eben: by David Titterington
- Petr Eben’s Works for Organ with Other Instruments: by Susan Landale
- God’s Gesamtkunstwerk—Petr Eben’s Faust: by Janette Fishell
- Construction on Improvisation—Eben’s Job: by Andreas Jacob
- Voices from the Whirlwind—Perspectives on Petr Eben’s Job: by Michael Bauer
- Petr Eben’s Church Opera Jeremias: by Ruth Forsbach
Author
Various writers
Edited by Graham Melville-Mason
Language
English
Publisher
The Dvořák Society for Czech and Slovak Music, 2000
Formats and Prices
Soft covers: ISBN 0 9532769 1 0
Price (+ postage & packing):
£5.00
Hard bound: ISBN TBA
Price (+ postage & packing):
£10.00