Composers

Bohuslav Martinu

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_______. “Reasserting the Centrality of Musical Craft: Martinů and his American Diaries.” The Musical Times 2 (2009): 55—70.

_______. “Sovietizing Czechoslovak Music: The 'Hatchet—Man' Miroslav Barvík and his Speech The Composers Go with the People.” Music and Politics. Winter (2010).

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_______. Bohuslav Martinů: The Man and his Music. London: Dennis Dobson Limited, 1946.

_______. Divadlo Bohuslava Martinů [Bohuslav Martinů's Theater]. Prague: Editio Supraphon, 1979.

Web—sites:

Martinů Institute: http://www.martinu.cz