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Mládí
Dechový sextet
youth
Wind sextet
Die Jugend
Bläsersextett
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Leoš Janáèek
Mládí. Dechový sextet
Youth. Wind sextet
n Leoš Janáèek, almost seventy years old, characterised the
wind sextet he had just finished as “a kind of memory of youth”
in a letter to Kamila Stösslová. The suite Youth was written in
the summer of 9 4, prompted by the composer’s need to take
stock on the occasion of his 70 th birthday. Janáèek also heard
the Parisian ensemble Société moderne des instruments à vent
several times in Salzburg and Brno. He expanded the classic
quintet scoring by the addition of a bass clarinet.
Janáèek referred to an earlier part of his life in this work not
only by quoting a theme from March of the Blue Boys, but
particularly through his general freshness of expression, astute
humour and use of form which adhered to the classical style.
The piece was enthusiastically received by both critics and the
public and appeared in print as early as 9 5 issued by the
Prague publisher Hudební matice.
Leoš Janáèek
Mládí. Dechový sextet
Youth. Wind sextet
Bärenreiter Urtext
Edited by Jan Doležal and Leoš Faltus
Parts in slipcover*
BA 95 8 approx. E .95
*New Issue
Title
Mládí / youth / Die Jugend
l Wind sextet in the classical style
l Urtext based on the Critical Complete Edition of the
Works of Leoš Janáèek
l New foreword by Jiøí Zahrádka (Cz/Eng/Ger)
Study score*
TP 5 8 approx. E 8.95
To appear in June 0 0
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Leoš Janáček
(1854–1928)
tP 528 © 2010 by editio Bärenreiter Praha
BA 95 8 TP 5 8
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