Bohemian composer AntonÃn Dvo ák wrote and completed his opera Rusalka between April and November of 1900 after reading the libretto by poet Jaroslav Kvapil. The opera premiered in Prague at the National Theater on the 31st of March 1901. Considered one of the most popular and significant of the Czech opera repertoire, Rusalka continues to be prevalent in Czech opera houses. Influenced by the works of Smetana and Wagner, Dvo ák had been moving towards compositional designs by combining nationalistic folktales, dances and the mysteries of nature. Rusalka is the result of blending these creative musical hues . Most of Rusalka is set in a mystical forest at the edge of a lake. What better instrument to depict this imaginative and bewitching setting than guitar. The beauty of the guitar s timbres serves to evoke the night and the colors of the forest while the flute calls to the moon as the water nymph, Rusalka, declares her forbidden love. The ossia measures in the guitar part more closely relate to the original operatic texture, while the main staff measures lie more comfortably on the guitar.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
O Silver Moon (Song to the Moon)
Bohemian composer AntonÃn Dvo ák wrote and completed his opera Rusalka between April and November of 1900 after reading the libretto by poet Jaroslav Kvapil. The opera premiered in Prague at the National Theater on the 31st of March 1901. Considered one of the most popular and significant of the Czech opera repertoire, Rusalka continues to be prevalent in Czech opera houses. Influenced by the works of Smetana and Wagner, Dvo ák had been moving towards compositional designs by combining nationalistic folktales, dances and the mysteries of nature. Rusalka is the result of blending these creative musical hues . Most of Rusalka is set in a mystical forest at the edge of a lake. What better instrument to depict this imaginative and bewitching setting than guitar. The beauty of the guitar s timbres serves to evoke the night and the colors of the forest while the flute calls to the moon as the water nymph, Rusalka, declares her forbidden love. The ossia measures in the guitar part more closely relate to the original operatic texture, while the main staff measures lie more comfortably on the guitar.
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