Leoš Janáček

Taras Bulba

The rhapsody for orchestra 'Taras Bulba' is the most important and on account of its genesis the most interesting of the three programmatic orchestral works the composer wrote between 1914 and 1920. All three of these works were responses to the contemporary social and political context: 'The Fiddler’s Child' was an indictment of the state of society, 'Taras Bulba' was a reaction to the international conflict of World War I, while 'The Ballad of Blaník' was inspired by the birth of Czechoslovakia. 'Taras Bulba' is now available in the New Study Score series. These completely redesigned scores offer an unparalleled insight into the music of the last hundred years. Great care has been taken to select the best available content for this journey through music history, and every score has been edited according to the latest quality standards. The New Study Score series combines historic masterpieces with first-class editorial content, prefaces, and a highly legible, clean notation, all in the trusted Universal Edition quality.