Talk:Capriccio (Janáček)

Excerpt from score, nedds to make english more idiomatic? Vejvančický (talk) 11:10, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Hollmann
Another composer Hollmann commissioned a work from was Josef Bohuslav Foerster ("Notturno & Fantastico, dvě klavírní skladby pro levou ruku", op. 142, published 1945) (see eg this source and, page 85. Schissel | Sound the Note! 15:53, 16 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Otakar Hollmann's time has come. --  Jack of Oz    ... speak! ...   00:26, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Conflicting stories
According to my research, Hollmann wrote to Janáček but got no reply. Unbeknown to Hollmann, however, Janáček set about writing the Capriccio, but the first Hollmann knew of its existence was when he read in a newspaper that the work had now been written. We're currently saying that the 2 men met and discussed it, which seems to jar with my research.

Also, it reads as if Hollmann was always going to play at the premiere, which again is at odds. My research says Janáček took pains to give Hollmann no acknowledgment for his contribution, did not dedicate the work to him, and would not guarantee him the first performance, saying only that it could be played by whichever pianist happened to master it first. In the end, it was Hollmann who got the nod, but it could easily have been given to some other pianist. --  Jack of Oz    ... speak! ...   00:46, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

copyedit for English
I've done some copyediting, so the English is better. I had trouble with the following:
 * All parts are composed rather in the free form, the first and last movement has outlines of the sonata form. The work shows typical trait of Janáček´s mature creative period. The structure is divided to more instruments and piano doesn´t have always leading function (as in the case of Concertino). The composer demanded the equality of all instruments.

In particular, I'm uncertain as to what is meant by "The structure is divided to more instruments". I think I've captured the sense of everything else, but this particular phrase has me stumped. Magicpiano (talk) 02:26, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

My source (The foreword of the score: "On the origin of the work", p. XVII-XXI) says: "In the case of works for piano accompanied by an instrumental ensemble (the Concertino of 1925 and the Capriccio), there is a fundamental shift. The elements of structure are divided among more than one instrument and the piano for the most part has only one of the given functions." I´ve fixed the formulation in the article, I hope, it´s better now?Vejvančický (talk) 06:51, 20 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Ah, that clarifies it. I thought that it probably meant something along those lines, but the phrasing just didn't capture it.  The phrase "divide among" is what was needed. Magicpiano (talk) 16:54, 21 August 2008 (UTC)