PT Journal
AU Salek, C
TI The Lullaby Scene in Smetana's Opera Hubicka [The Kiss]
SO Musicologica Olomucensia
PY 2018
BP 104
EP 109
VL 27
IS 1
DI 10.5507/mo.2018.008
DE Bedrich Smetana; composition; The Kiss; lullaby scene
AB An analysis of one particular scene from the opera Hubicka verifies the validity (or merit) of the statement by Gustav Mahler, who compared the compositional masterpiece in the first act of Hubicka to the first act of Wagner's Die Walkure [The Valkyrie]. The scene in which Vendulka puts the baby to sleep is embedded in the context of Smetana's other operas, where simple song forms are employed. Although Smetana used very simple musical acts connected to folklore, he managed to incorporate them in elaborate structures: in the case of the analysed scene, it is a two-part aria in the Italian bel-canto opera style.
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