THE FOUNDERS OF SLOVAK NATIONAL MUSIC EUGEN SUCHO
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THE FOUNDERS OF SLOVAK NATIONAL MUSIC
EUGEN SUCHOŇ Education -1917 -1923 High school -1921 -1923 Music school in Bratislava -1927 -1931 Academy of Music and Drama in Bratislava -1931 -1933 composition studies at the Prague Conservatory
Work -Eugen Suchoň was a Slovak music composer, teacher and theoretician - he set the basis of Slovak modern music - he is also the author of the first Slovak opera - his work was influenced by Slovak folk melodies.
Piano work for children. . Pictures from Slovakia -it is made of 22 compositions arranged into six cycles. . Maličká som, Keď sa vlci zišli, Preletel sokol and others
Krútňava-1 st Slovak national opera - this work of Eugen Suchoň is actual and classical at the same time - it is one of the most important masterpieces of Slovak music culture - He was one of the first Slovak composers who got on concert stages and opera scenes abroad -he composed about 100 musical works of which the operas Krútňava and Svätopluk achieved the highest recognition
The story of the opera � The story of Krútňava is set in a small village in the mountains after the first world war. � It is a story of a young boy whose jealousness leads to a murder. This crime enables him to marry a girl he loves, but he is haunted by remorses which eventually makes him to admit his guilt.
Listen. . . http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=d 7 D 8 f. SQ d. VHk
Krútňava – performed by the State Opera SND
JÁN CIKKER -one of the leading representatives of the Slovak musical modernism - he significantly influenced the development of musical drama of the 20 th century. - he was a Slovak music composer and teacher - he composed mainly operas
Education - He gained the basics of musical education from his mother Mária Psotková - 1921 – 1929 High school in Banská Bystrica - 1930 – 1935 Prague Conservatory in Prague - 1936– 1937 University of Music and Performig Arts in Vienna -1936 – 1939 composition studies in Prague -1939– 1951 professor of Music Theory on State Conservatory -1945 – 1948 dramaturge of opera at SND -1951 – 1973 professor of composition at VŠMU in Bratislava
WORK � His most famous operas: Juro Jánošík � Beg Bajazid � The Game about love and death � Resurrection. . . �
Juro Jánošík -Cikker was writing this opera from 1950 to 1953, its premiere was in SND (Slovak National Theatre) the next year. - The librettist of Juro Jánošík was Štefan Hoza, who made the libretto on the basis of credible historical sources about the most famous Slovakian outlaw Juraj Jánošík. -He sets out from folk traditions capturing the image of former life. - The libretto gives a big space to dance scenes which introduce the life of outlaws and also the life of aristocracy.
-Juraj Jánošík is divided into 6 images which capture the period from the day when Jánošík joined the group of outlaws untill his execution in 1713. -the story of the opera: Juraj becomes the captain of the outlaws after Uhorčík, he leaves his dear Milka and leads a life of an outlaw until he is arrested and sentenced.
More pictures from the opera
Summary -Slovak national music originates in the 19 th century when Slovakia did not have favorable conditions for the development of its own music. -Slovak folk songs inspired Slovak national music and they became the most important part of Slovak music.
