How Long to Read Contextualizing Melodrama in the Czech Lands

How Long Does it Take to Read Contextualizing Melodrama in the Czech Lands?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 15 minutes to read Contextualizing Melodrama in the Czech Lands by Judith A. Mabary

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The mention of the term "melodrama" is likely to evoke a response from laymen and musicians alike that betrays an acquaintance only with the popular form of the genre and its greatly heightened drama, exaggerated often to the point of the ridiculous. Few are aware that there exists a type of melodrama that contains in its smaller forms the beauty of the sung ballad and, in the larger-scale works, the appeal of the spoken play. This category of melodrama is one that surfaced in many cultures but was perhaps never so enthusiastically cultivated as in the Czech lands. The melodrama varied greatly at the hands of its Czech advocates. While the works of Zdeněk Fibich and his contemporary Josef Bohuslav Foerster, a composer best known for his songs, remained closely bound to the text, those of conductor/composer Otakar Ostrčil reveal a stance that privileged the music and, given their creator’s orchestral experience, are more reminiscent of the symphonic poem. Fibich in his staged works and Josef Suk (composer/violinist and Dvořák’s son-in-law), in his incidental music reflect variously late nineteenth-century Romanticism, the influence of Wagner, and early manifestations of Impressionism. In its more recent guise, the principles of the staged melodrama reside quite comfortably in the film score. Judith A. Mabary’s important volume will be of interest not only to musicologists, but those working in Central and East European studies, voice studies, European theatre, and those studying music and nationalism.

How long is Contextualizing Melodrama in the Czech Lands?

Contextualizing Melodrama in the Czech Lands by Judith A. Mabary is 248 pages long, and a total of 63,984 words.

This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Contextualizing Melodrama in the Czech Lands Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 49 minutes to read Contextualizing Melodrama in the Czech Lands aloud.

What Reading Level is Contextualizing Melodrama in the Czech Lands?

Contextualizing Melodrama in the Czech Lands is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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