{"id":508,"date":"2020-06-15T13:30:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T12:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dvorak-society.org\/New\/?page_id=508"},"modified":"2022-02-12T15:05:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T15:05:57","slug":"a-tribute-to-petr-eben-to-mark-his-70th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dvorak-society.org\/?page_id=508","title":{"rendered":"A Tribute to Petr Eben to mark his 70th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contents\">Contents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Pages:<\/strong>&nbsp;239, illustrated (8 plates)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Composer and organist&nbsp;<strong>Petr Eben<\/strong>&nbsp;(1929\u20132007) 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apart from many shorter tributes and a very full discography, the book includes major contributions by several other of the world\u2019s leading musicologists and organists:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Music as Message and the Ruling Principles of Petr Eben\u2019s Music-making<\/em>:&nbsp;<small>by Johannes Landgren<\/small><\/li><li><em>Petr Eben\u2014A \u201cRomanticist\u201d with a Modern Language<\/em>:&nbsp;<small>by Martin Sander<\/small><\/li><li><em>Petr Eben\u2014The Symphonic Works<\/em>:&nbsp;<small>by Milan Slavick\u00fd<\/small><\/li><li><em>The Organ Concertos of Petr Eben<\/em>:&nbsp;<small>by John Browne<\/small><\/li><li><em>Thoughts on&nbsp;Laudes<\/em>:&nbsp;<small>by Claude Hermitte<\/small><\/li><li><em>Okna\u2014Chagall\u2019s Windows According to Petr Eben<\/em>:&nbsp;<small>by David Titterington<\/small><\/li><li><em>Petr Eben\u2019s Works for Organ with Other Instruments<\/em>:&nbsp;<small>by Susan Landale<\/small><\/li><li><em>God\u2019s Gesamtkunstwerk\u2014Petr Eben\u2019s&nbsp;Faust<\/em>:&nbsp;<small>by Janette Fishell<\/small><\/li><li><em>Construction on Improvisation\u2014Eben\u2019s Job<\/em>:&nbsp;<small>by Andreas Jacob<\/small><\/li><li><em>Voices from the Whirlwind\u2014Perspectives on Petr Eben\u2019s&nbsp;Job<\/em>:&nbsp;<small>by Michael Bauer<\/small><\/li><li><em>Petr Eben\u2019s Church Opera&nbsp;Jeremias<\/em>:&nbsp;<small>by Ruth Forsbach<\/small><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"283\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dvorak-society.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/eben_book.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dvorak-society.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/eben_book.jpg 283w, https:\/\/www.dvorak-society.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/eben_book-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"author\">Author<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Various writers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edited by Graham Melville-Mason<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"language\">Language<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">English<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"publisher\">Publisher<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dvo\u0159\u00e1k Society for Czech and Slovak Music, 2000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"formats-and-prices\">Formats and Prices<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Soft covers:<\/strong>\u00a0ISBN 0 9532769 1 0<br><strong>Price (+ postage &amp; packing):<\/strong><br>\u00a35.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hard bound:<\/strong>\u00a0ISBN TBA<br><strong>Price (+ postage &amp; packing):<\/strong><br>\u00a310.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvorak-society.org\/?product=a-tribute-to-petr-eben\">Buy this publication&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvorak-society.org\/?page_id=188\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"188\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvorak-society.org\/?page_id=188\">Back to our catalogue<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contents Pages:&nbsp;239, illustrated (8 plates) Composer and organist&nbsp;Petr Eben&nbsp;(1929\u20132007) 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. 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