Description
- Composer: Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
- Format: Full Score
- Instrumentation: Orchestra
- Work: Adagio, JW VI/5
- Binding:
- ISMN: 9790008024726
- Size: 6.7 x 9.4 inches
- Pages: None
Description
“Adagio” is a little-known composition, written around 1891. Due to the motivic affinity of this composition with Janáček’s early opera “Šárka”, some think it was probably a prelude. But the work, which only has a short two-bar motive in common with the “Šárka”, certainly has no closer connection with this tragic stage work. However, it can be assumed that it arose from a direct experience of the composer, through the death of his little son Vladimir. The character of the composition is therefore tragically gloomy. The chosen key in D Minor also underlines the tragic mood. It is certainly not uninteresting that this is the only instance in Janáček’s entire oeuvre in which this key is used.






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