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Introduction : nationalism, modernism, and the social responsibility of art in Prague
Smetana, Hostinsky, and the aesthetic debates of the nineteenth century
Legacies, ideologies, and responsibilities : the polemics of the pre-independence years (1900-1918)
"Archetypes who live, rejoice, and suffer" : Czech opera in the fin de siecle
The pathology of the new society : debates in the early years of the First Republic (1918-24)
Infinite melody, ruthless polyphony : Czech modernism in the early Republic
"A crisis of modern music or audience?" : changing attitudes to cultural and stylistic pluralism (1925-30)
"I have rent my soul in two" : divergent directions for Czech opera in the late 1920s
Heaven on earth : socialism, jazz, and a new aesthetic focus (1930-38)
"A sad optimism, the happiness of the resigned" : extremes of operatic expression in the 1930s
The ideological debates of Prague within a European context.
Smetana, Hostinsky, and the aesthetic debates of the nineteenth century
Legacies, ideologies, and responsibilities : the polemics of the pre-independence years (1900-1918)
"Archetypes who live, rejoice, and suffer" : Czech opera in the fin de siecle
The pathology of the new society : debates in the early years of the First Republic (1918-24)
Infinite melody, ruthless polyphony : Czech modernism in the early Republic
"A crisis of modern music or audience?" : changing attitudes to cultural and stylistic pluralism (1925-30)
"I have rent my soul in two" : divergent directions for Czech opera in the late 1920s
Heaven on earth : socialism, jazz, and a new aesthetic focus (1930-38)
"A sad optimism, the happiness of the resigned" : extremes of operatic expression in the 1930s
The ideological debates of Prague within a European context.