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nova glasba v »novi« evropi med obema svetovnima vojnama
gest the fear and loneliness of the man as he sees the prison for the first
time.
Example 8: Janáček: From the House of the Dead, Act 1. © With kind permission by Universal
Edition A.G., Wien. www.universaledition.com
Later in the act, one of the prisoners Skuratov, has gone almost mad
in the prison. He does a wild dance and then collapses in exhaustion. Over
repeated chords from the motto theme the rest of the prisoners comment
saying that he is a useless imbecile. And, puzzlingly, this passage is marked
maestoso (see ex. 10).
There are no occurrences of maestoso in Act 2, which is by far the most
light-hearted act of the opera. But at the end of the short prelude to Act 3
there are three bars marked maestoso before the curtain goes up. They pres-
ent a musical theme that is heard towards the end of the opera, associated
with freedom.
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gest the fear and loneliness of the man as he sees the prison for the first
time.
Example 8: Janáček: From the House of the Dead, Act 1. © With kind permission by Universal
Edition A.G., Wien. www.universaledition.com
Later in the act, one of the prisoners Skuratov, has gone almost mad
in the prison. He does a wild dance and then collapses in exhaustion. Over
repeated chords from the motto theme the rest of the prisoners comment
saying that he is a useless imbecile. And, puzzlingly, this passage is marked
maestoso (see ex. 10).
There are no occurrences of maestoso in Act 2, which is by far the most
light-hearted act of the opera. But at the end of the short prelude to Act 3
there are three bars marked maestoso before the curtain goes up. They pres-
ent a musical theme that is heard towards the end of the opera, associated
with freedom.
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