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Alois Hába - The Mother flac album
  • Performer Alois Hába
  • Title The Mother
  • Date of release 1965
  • Country Czechoslovakia
  • Style Modern, Experimental, Opera
  • Other formats AC3 FLAC VOX AUD XM AIFF TTA
  • Genre Classical
  • Size MP3 1360 mb
  • Size FLAC 1543 mb
  • Rating: 4.9
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Alois Hába (21 June 1893 – 18 November 1973) was a Czech composer, music theorist and teacher. He belongs to the important discoverers in modern classical music, and major composers of microtonal music, especially using the quarter-tone scale, though he used others such as sixth-tones (. in the 5th, 10th and 11th String Quartets), fifth-tones (Sixteenth String Quartet), and twelfth-tones.

The Mother (Matka), opera, Op. 35. Alois Hába. 2. The Mother (Matka), opera, Op. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Alois Hába Matka (Mother). Composer Category: Drama Opera. Work Style: Modern (Early). Top Alois Hába Works See All. Sonata for quarter-tone Piano. Top Opera Works See All. Carmen. 470 Georges Bizet Opera 1874. The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte), K. 620. 470 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Opera 1791. The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), K. 492. 387 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Opera 1786. The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia). 287 Gioachino Rossini Opera 1816. 264 Giuseppe Verdi Opera 1853.

In 1923 Alois Hába returned to his homeland and immediately involved himself in new activities. In 1924 Prague served as the host city for the orchestral part of the ISCM festival, and as one of the sideline events of the festival Hába presented his quarter-tone piano, which had been constructed to his specifications by the August Förster company of Saxony in their Czechoslovak branch in Jiříkov. The high point for Hába was the 1930s: early in that decade, on 17 May 1931, Munich heard the premiere of the world’s first and still to this day only quarter-tone opera, Matka (Mother). It was also the early 30s that saw the writing of what is probably Hába’s most important orchestral work, the symphonic fantasy Cesta života (The Path of Life). The 1930s also shaped Hába’s political stance and philosophy of life. His strong sense of social commitment found an intellectual basis in the Anthroposophical teachings of Rudolf Steiner.

By Alois Hába, Prague Smetana Theatre Orchestra, Jiri Jirous. 1. Mother - Quarter-tone Opera in 10 Scenes, Op. 35: Overture. 35: Scene 1 - "Well, now she's with God, poor soul". 35: Scene 1 - "May God console you, neighbor". 35: Scene 1 - "Give her eternal rest, O Lord". Listen to Haba: Mother. Quarter-tone Opera in 10 Scenes now. Quarter-tone Opera in 10 Scenes in full in the this site app. Play on this site. You look like someone who appreciates good music.

Disc: 1. 11. 12.

Category:Hába, Alois. if first published after 1923. 21 June 1893 - 18 November 1973).

Tracklist

1-1 Scenes I and II
2-1 Scenes II - V
3-1 Scenes V - VII
4-1 Scenes VII - X

Credits

  • Chorus – Prague National Theatre Chorus*
  • Composed By, Libretto By, Liner Notes – Alois Hába
  • Conductor – Jiří Jirouš
  • Cover – Josef Kalousek
  • Engineer [Sound and cut] – Miloslav Kulhan
  • Orchestra – Prague National Theatre Orchestra*
  • Supervised By [Musical supervision] – Dr. Eduard Herzog*
  • Vocals [Bridegroom's Man] – Milan Karpíšek
  • Vocals [Bridesmaid] – Hana Zelenková
  • Vocals [Brother-In-Law] – Přemysl Kočí
  • Vocals [First Lachrymose Old Woman] – Jana Kostelecká
  • Vocals [Francek Křen] – Oldřich Spisar
  • Vocals [Francek] – Lubomír Havlák
  • Vocals [Francka] – Marcela Lemariová
  • Vocals [Her Father] – Vladimír Jedenáctík
  • Vocals [Maruša, jun] – Jana Polívková
  • Vocals [Maruša] – Vlasta Urbanová
  • Vocals [Nanka] – Marta Sandtnerová
  • Vocals [Neighbour] – Jaromír Bělor
  • Vocals [Priest] – Jiří Janoušek
  • Vocals [Second Lachrymose Old Woman] – Hana Zelenková
  • Vocals [Sister-In-Law] – Eva Zikmundová
  • Vocals [Third Lachrymose Old Woman] – Jana Polívková
  • Vocals [Vincek] – Miroslav Borský

Notes

Quarter-Tone Opera in 10 Scenes
Prague National Theatre

℗ 1965

2LP box set with textured (clothbound?) cover

Includes 10 page booklet with multilingual notes by the composer; no libretto.

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
DV 6144-45 Alois Hába Matka ‎(2xLP, Mono, Club) Supraphon, Gramofonový Klub DV 6144-45 Czechoslovakia 1966
1116 3251-2 F Alois Hába The Mother ‎(2xLP) Supraphon 1116 3251-2 F Czechoslovakia 1980
10 8258-2 612 Alois Hába Mother ‎(2xCD, RE) Supraphon 10 8258-2 612 Czechoslovakia 1992
SV8259 Alois Hába Matka ‎(2xLP) Supraphon SV8259 Czechoslovakia 1966