{"product_id":"novak-j-sonata-super-hoson-zes","title":"Novak, J :: Sonata Super 'Hoson Zes...'","description":"\u003cspan class=\"NameInDesc\"\u003eSonata Super 'Hoson Zes...'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ComposerInDesc\"\u003eNovak, J\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJan Novak (1921 1984) is one of the most distinctive phenomena of post-war Czech musical culture. After studying at the Brno Conservatory and the Janacek Academy of Performing Arts, he received a scholarship to study in the USA, where he attended composition classes led by A. Copland. He and Vitezslava Kapralova were the only Czech pupils of Bohuslav Martinu, and he consciously followed in his teacher s footsteps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSonata super  Hoson zes   is one of the works written during the final period of the composer s life, which he spent in emigration in Ulm. It bears the typical hallmarks of Novak s musical language   a clear formal plan, a regular structural layout, great motivic inventiveness, graceful melodics and a distinct sense of harmony based primarily on modality and bitonality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe  ideological background    present in various metamorphoses in each of his compositions, namely Novak s penchant for the culture of Antiquity   is also obvious here (he would frequently use the metre of the Latin text as an underlying component of his compositional technique and almost invariably gave his works Latin titles, since he regarded Latin as a living language with much promise). The basic theme here is the  Song of Seikilos , one of the oldest relics of the music of Antiquity, a written codification of text and musical notation at the same time. Novak originally composed the sonata in 1981 for violin and piano and dedicated it to his friend in emigration, Jiri Trnka, whom he also wrote other violin pieces for - but already, in the process of composition, he had an arrangement for flute in mind. This edition thus encloses both parts for flute and violin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor advanced players.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barenreiter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46967533109542,"sku":"9790260102118","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/3559\/5814\/products\/D009790260102118_d.jpg?v=1697490936","url":"https:\/\/www.flute4u.com\/products\/novak-j-sonata-super-hoson-zes","provider":"Carolyn Nussbaum Music Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}