Otakar Ostrčil and the Critical Edition of Bedřich Smetana’s Opera Prodaná nevěsta

0493612 - EÚ 2019 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Kratochvílová, Markéta
Otakar Ostrčil and the Critical Edition of Bedřich Smetana’s Opera Prodaná nevěsta.
Hudební věda. Roč. 55, č. 2 (2018), s. 169-180. ISSN 0018-7003
Institutional support: RVO:68378076
Keywords : Otakar Ostrčil * Zdeněk Nejedlý * Bedřich Smetana * Prodaná nevěsta * The Bartered Bride * critical edition
OECD category: Performing arts studies (Musicology, Theater science, Dramaturgy)

The present study familiarises the reader with the activity of the composer and conductor Otakar Ostrčil as a music editor and in particular his work on the critical edition of Bedřich Smetana’s opera Prodaná nevěsta (The Bartered Bride), which was realised as part of the first attempt at publishing a complete works edition of Smetana’s music between 1 924 and 1 936 under the leadership of Zdeněk Nejedlý. The study is based on correspondence exchanged between Ostrčil and Nejedlý and is placed in the context of efforts to publish Smetana’s works during the first decades of the twentieth century as well as the context of Ostrčil’s life and works.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0287119