Readership: Students and scholars of Zelenka and anyone interested generally in 18th-century Baroque music, musicologists, conductors/performers, theological historians.
"will be a stimulating companion for readers with a love of the late Baroque and of those composers whose music speaks with a distinctive and original voice ... Stockigt's lively discussion of Zelenka's music is illuminating and wide-ranging. Her judgement is fair, her conclusions well-balanced and supported by generous musical illustration." - BBC Music Magazine, September 2001
Introduction 1: 1679-c.1710: Zelenka's Early Years in Bohemia 2: c.1710-1719: Zelenka's Move to Dresden, Study in Vienna, and Return to Dresden 3: 1719-1732: The Liturgical Year of the Dresden Catholic Court Church 4: c.1720-1723: Works Written Following Zelenka's Return to Dresden. The Coronation in Prague of Charles VI and Elizabeth Christine as King and Queen of Bohemia 5: 1723-1732: Zelenka's Compositions for the Dresden Catholic Court Church 6: 1733: Changes 7: 1734-1745: Zelenka's Position and Status within the Musical Organization of the Dresden Court 8: 1734-1745: Zelenka's Late Compositional Style - Reflections of Musical Change in Dresden 9: The Afterlife of Zelenka and his Music Appendix 1: Worklist Appendix 2: Dedications and Petitions Select Bibliography Index
