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...phantasy. It tells the story of a fox-no histrionic creature, in whose caperings those of humanity are derisively reflected, but a sharp red beast out of the fen. Captured by a woodcutter, he bites a baby, kills a cock, runs away to the woods again. Meanwhile, one Terynka-a girl as pretty, wild, red, sly', as the little fox-has been misled by a rogue who, meeting the fox in the woods, destroys him also. Thus Janáĉek, now 70, at once the oldest and the most vital of all Czech composers, has turned back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: In Prague | 6/22/1925 | See Source »

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