At a traditional wedding ceremony in Sichuan, wedding songs are indisnensahle. However. this kind of song is only narrated by the master of the ceremony instead of being sung. The words are usually the vivid descripti...At a traditional wedding ceremony in Sichuan, wedding songs are indisnensahle. However. this kind of song is only narrated by the master of the ceremony instead of being sung. The words are usually the vivid description of the cheerful frame of mind of the new couple and the detailed narration of the activities that happened in the wedding. An old wedding ceremony is extremely elaborate in the procedure. As is required,each step must have corresponding words to express the feeling of the people and to play up the cheerful atmosphere. As a custom with striking local flavor, it is still popular in some rural areas of the province even today.展开更多
Fibich＇s opera Hedy （premiered in 1896） was received as a succesfull work, although many reviewers did not know how to call the prevailing style （mixture ofwagnerianism, Grand opera, verismo exotico, the second Do...Fibich＇s opera Hedy （premiered in 1896） was received as a succesfull work, although many reviewers did not know how to call the prevailing style （mixture ofwagnerianism, Grand opera, verismo exotico, the second Don Giovanni composed for Prague because of reminiscences on Mozart＇s dramma giocoso）. It is not uneasy to find clear musical hints on Puccini in Fibich＇s next opera Sarka （premiered 1897）, but it was already in Hedy where drastic and geographically clearly determined subject was mixed with Wagnerian gesture of love extasy, which is everywhere and endless. Obviously, Fibich, as a mature artist, was able to connect rules of both Czech declamation and contemporary veristic fashion. This study tries to identify main stylistic features which shaped Fibich＇s fifth opera, and analyses receptive expectations from the side of Czech audience and its influence on Fibich＇s opera composition.展开更多
文摘At a traditional wedding ceremony in Sichuan, wedding songs are indisnensahle. However. this kind of song is only narrated by the master of the ceremony instead of being sung. The words are usually the vivid description of the cheerful frame of mind of the new couple and the detailed narration of the activities that happened in the wedding. An old wedding ceremony is extremely elaborate in the procedure. As is required,each step must have corresponding words to express the feeling of the people and to play up the cheerful atmosphere. As a custom with striking local flavor, it is still popular in some rural areas of the province even today.
文摘Fibich＇s opera Hedy （premiered in 1896） was received as a succesfull work, although many reviewers did not know how to call the prevailing style （mixture ofwagnerianism, Grand opera, verismo exotico, the second Don Giovanni composed for Prague because of reminiscences on Mozart＇s dramma giocoso）. It is not uneasy to find clear musical hints on Puccini in Fibich＇s next opera Sarka （premiered 1897）, but it was already in Hedy where drastic and geographically clearly determined subject was mixed with Wagnerian gesture of love extasy, which is everywhere and endless. Obviously, Fibich, as a mature artist, was able to connect rules of both Czech declamation and contemporary veristic fashion. This study tries to identify main stylistic features which shaped Fibich＇s fifth opera, and analyses receptive expectations from the side of Czech audience and its influence on Fibich＇s opera composition.
