OSUD (FATE)
THREE NOVEL-LIKE SCENES

COMPOSER / AUTHOR: JANÁCEK, LEOS
DETAILED INSTRUMENTATION: SOPRANO SOLO (4), ALTO SOLO, TENOR SOLO (2), BARITONE SOLO, BASS SOLO, MIXED CHOIR (SATB), PICCOLO FLUTE, FLUTE (3), OBOE (2), COR ANGLAIS, CLARINET (IN B-FLAT) (2), BASS CLARINET, BASSOON (2), CONTRABASSOON, HORN (4), TRUMPET (3), TROMBONE (4), TUBA, TIMPANI, TRIANGLE, CONCERT DRUM, TAM-TAM (GONG), CYMBALS, XYLOPHONE, BELLS, HARP, ORGAN, PIANO, VIOLIN (2), VIOLA, VIOLONCELLO, DOUBLE BASS (VIOLA D´AMORE (2)) KINDERTROMPETE, SIDE DRUM
LIBRETTIST: BARTOŠOVÁ, FEDORA
ARRANGER: BAUMANN, RASMUS
EDITOR: ZAHRÁDKA, JIRÍ
TRANSLATOR / FURTHER PARTICIPANTS: HENNEBERG, CLAUS H.
FOREWORD / INTRODUCTION: ZAHRÁDKA, JIRÍ
PRODUCT FORMAT: PIANO REDUCTION, URTEXT EDITION
LANGUAGE(S) OF WORK: CZECH, GERMAN
LANGUAGE(S) OF TEXT: CZECH, GERMAN, ENGLISH
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY (D): 3
PUBLISHER: BÄRENREITER
BINDING: PAPERBACK
PRINT RUN: 1ST PRINTING 2014

-JANÁCEK’S OPERA “OSUD” IS AN EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLE OF THE CREATIVE BOLDNESS OF THE COMPOSER AND PRESENTS DEMANDING DRAMATURGICAL CHALLENGES.
THIS NEW CRITICAL EDITION IS BASED ON A THOROUGH COMPARISON OF ALL SURVIVING SOURCES. THE PRINCIPLE SOURCE IS A COPYIST’S COPY OF AUTHORISED BY JANÁCEK IN WHICH ALL REVISIONS ARE MARKED. FURTHER SOURCES INCLUDE A MANUSCRIPT COPY OF THE VOCAL SCORE TOGETHER WITH THE ORCHESTRAL PARTS AND VARIOUS COPIES OF THE LIBRETTO. THE SCORE OF THIS NEW EDITION WILL BE PUBLISHED AS PART OF THE “COMPLETE CRITICAL EDITION OF THE WORKS OF LEOŠ JANÁCEK”.

• FIRST CRITICAL EDITION OF THIS OPERA
• FOREWORD ON THE GENESIS OF THE WORK AND ITS RECEPTION BY JIRÍ ZAHRÁDKA (CZ/ENG/GER)
• NEW IDIOMATIC PIANO REDUCTION BY RASMUS BAUMANN
• SINGABLE GERMAN TRANSLATION

CONTENTS:
• OBSAZENÍ / BESETZUNG / ENSEMBLE

• PREDMLUVA

• VORWORT

• PREFACE

• SYNOPSE

• HANDLUNG DER OPER

• SYNOPSIS

• INDEX OF SCENES

• COMPOSER / AUTHOR: JANÁCEK, LEOS
OSUD (FATE). THREE NOVEL-LIKE SCENES:
LIBRETTIST: BARTOŠOVÁ, FEDORA

• ACT I

• ACT II

• ACT III