Final version-Study score format 22 5 x 16 5 cm. The Glagolitic Mass a significant sacred work in Leo Janácek s output only appears towards the end of his life. Janácek composed this work for Soloists Chorus and Orchestra in Old Church Slavonic in the spa resort of Luhacovice in the summer and autumn 1926. He revised it at the end of 1927 after its first performance (Brno 5.12.1927). The score of the mass was only published after the composer s death in 1929.The later revision known as the final authorised version is contained in this study score edition. This is the significant version which is mostly used for performances. Itis richer in orchestration easier to learn and more stringent in some important passages.- Study score based on the Complete Critical Edition of the Works of Leo Janácek vol. B/5 I.- Detailed foreword and description of the sources by the editor (Cz/Eng/Ger).- Old Church Slavonic text in the version by Radoslav Vecerka.- Vocal score BA6862-90.- Performance material available for hire.
SKU: BA.BA06863
ISBN 9790260105317. 34.2 x 27 cm inches. Text Language: Church Slavic.
“The Glagolitic Massâ€, one of the 20th century masterpieces of sacred music, has a very complex genesis and constitutes an intricate editorial challenge. This new critical edition presents two different versions of the work in two separate volumes (B/5-I, BA 6862 und B/5-II, BA 6863): the “September 1927†version which the composer completed before the first rehearsals and subsequent premiere in Brno and the version he partly reworked for the first Prague performance in April 1928. This second version was then revised further and published after Janacek’s death by Universal Edition Wien in 1930. Known as the “final authorised version“, it has been newly edited for this publication which is based on the engraver’s copy of the score prepared by Janacek’s regular copyist Václav Sedlacek. The new Barenreiter edition also contains an informative preface (Cz/Eng/Ger/Fr/Ru) as well as detailed critical commentary. The “September 1927†version can be seen more as a supplement and appears without text commentary.
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SKU: BA.BA06862
ISBN 9790260105300. 34.2 x 27.3 cm inches. Text Language: Church Slavic.
The Glagolitic Mass, one of the 20th century masterpieces of sacred music, has a very complex genesis and constitutes an intricate editorial challenge.The recently published scholarly-critical edition presents two different versions of the work in two separate volumes: the “September 1927†version (BA 6863) which the composer completed before the first rehearsals and subsequent premiere in Brno and the version he partly reworked for the first Prague performance in April 1928 (BA 6862). This second version was then revised further and published after Janácek’s death by Universal Edition Wien in 1930. Known as the “final authorised versionâ€, it has been newly edited for this publication which is based on the engraver’s copy of the score prepared by Janácek’s regular copyist Václav Sedlácek. The “final authorised version†is the significant version and most suited to performance purposes. The instrumentation is richer, it is more straightforward to rehearse and several important passages are more coherent than in the earlier version. It is the later version that is presented in the vocal score. The Old Church Slavonic text has been prepared by the slavicist Radoslav Vecerka.
