• Preface; 1. Expressive sources and resources in Janácek's musical language Robin Holloway; 2. 'Nothing but pranks and puns': Janácek's solo piano music Thomas Adès; 3. Narrative in Janácek's symphonic poems Hugh Macdonald; 4. Evasive realism: narrative construction in Dostoyevsky's and Janácek's From the House of the Dead Geoffrey Chew and Robert Vilain; 5. Direct discourse and speech melody in Janácek's operas Milos Stedron; 6. Kundera's eternal present and Janácek's ancient Gypsy Michael Beckerman; 7. Janácek's folk settings and the Vixen Zdenek Skoumal; 8. Janácek's operas in Australia and New Zealand: a performance history Adrienne Simpson; 9. Janácek's Moravian publishers Nigel Simeone; 10. Janácek, musical analysis, and Debussy's 'Jeux de vagues' Paul Wingfield; Index.

'After reading this volume, even those sceptical about Roger Scruton's recent claim that Janácek is the greatest of all twentieth-century composers should find it more difficult to ignore his music, and the interpretative challenges it poses, than they might have done before.' Arnold Whittall, Music and Letters

• Preface; 1. Expressive sources and resources in Janácek's musical language Robin Holloway; 2. 'Nothing but pranks and puns': Janácek's solo piano music Thomas Adès; 3. Narrative in Janácek's symphonic poems Hugh Macdonald; 4. Evasive realism: narrative construction in Dostoyevsky's and Janácek's From the House of the Dead Geoffrey Chew and Robert Vilain; 5. Direct discourse and speech melody in Janácek's operas Milos Stedron; 6. Kundera's eternal present and Janácek's ancient Gypsy Michael Beckerman; 7. Janácek's folk settings and the Vixen Zdenek Skoumal; 8. Janácek's operas in Australia and New Zealand: a performance history Adrienne Simpson; 9. Janácek's Moravian publishers Nigel Simeone; 10. Janácek, musical analysis, and Debussy's 'Jeux de vagues' Paul Wingfield; Index.

'After reading this volume, even those sceptical about Roger Scruton's recent claim that Janácek is the greatest of all twentieth-century composers should find it more difficult to ignore his music, and the interpretative challenges it poses, than they might have done before.' Arnold Whittall, Music and Letters

• Preface; 1. Expressive sources and resources in Janácek's musical language Robin Holloway; 2. 'Nothing but pranks and puns': Janácek's solo piano music Thomas Adès; 3. Narrative in Janácek's symphonic poems Hugh Macdonald; 4. Evasive realism: narrative construction in Dostoyevsky's and Janácek's From the House of the Dead Geoffrey Chew and Robert Vilain; 5. Direct discourse and speech melody in Janácek's operas Milos Stedron; 6. Kundera's eternal present and Janácek's ancient Gypsy Michael Beckerman; 7. Janácek's folk settings and the Vixen Zdenek Skoumal; 8. Janácek's operas in Australia and New Zealand: a performance history Adrienne Simpson; 9. Janácek's Moravian publishers Nigel Simeone; 10. Janácek, musical analysis, and Debussy's 'Jeux de vagues' Paul Wingfield; Index.

'After reading this volume, even those sceptical about Roger Scruton's recent claim that Janácek is the greatest of all twentieth-century composers should find it more difficult to ignore his music, and the interpretative challenges it poses, than they might have done before.' Arnold Whittall, Music and Letters