České literárne inšpirácie v hudobnej tvorbe Jána Levoslava Bellu

The composer Ján Levoslav Bella (1843 – 1936) maintained close contacts with personalities of Czech musical culture, especially in the years 1868 – 1881 and 1921 – 1936. Thanks to this he took a more intensive interest in Czech literature, which ultimately led to his taking a number of Czech literary models to set to music. The following works are extant: choirs to words by František Sušil (St. Cyril’s Deathbed Prayer) and Adolf Heyduk (Little White Shirt, I’m a Great Lady!), songs for voice and piano Good Night and To the Singers to words by Eliška Krásnohorská, the opera fragment Jaroslav and Laura according to the verse drama by Václav Pok Poděbradský, and a song for higher bass and orchestra Credo to words by Jaroslav Martinec. The study is centred on analysis of individual works, taking into account the circumstances of their emergence and reception.