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List Of Compositions By Antonín Dvořák
This list of compositions by Antonín Dvořák includes works sortable by Jarmil Burghauser catalogue number (B.), opus number In musicology, the opus number is the "work number" that is assigned to a musical composition, or to a set of compositions, to indicate the chronological order of the composer's production. Opus numbers are used to distinguish among composit ... (when applicable), date of composition, titles, and genre. External links Complete list on a comprehensive Dvorak site* {{DEFAULTSORT:List of compositions by Antonin Dvorak Dvorak Dvorak Dvorak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonín Dvořák
Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czechs, Czech composer. Dvořák frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravian traditional music, Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic-era Czech nationalism, nationalist example of his predecessor Bedřich Smetana. Dvořák's style has been described as "the fullest recreation of a national idiom with that of the symphonic tradition, absorbing folk influences and finding effective ways of using them". Dvořák displayed his musical gifts at an early age, being an apt violin student from age six. The first public performances of his works were in Prague in 1872 and, with special success, in 1873, when he was 31 years old. Seeking recognition beyond the Prague area, he submitted a score of his Symphony No. 1 (Dvořák), First Symphony to a prize competition in Germany, but did not win, and the unreturned manuscript was lost until it was rediscovered many decades ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance In F Minor (Dvořák)
The ''Romance in F minor'', Op. 11, ( B. 39) is a single-movement work for violin and orchestra by Antonín Dvořák, published in 1879. History It was written at the request of Josef Markus, leader of the Provisional Theatre Orchestra in Prague; he would play it at the annual concert of the orchestra at Žofín Palace. It was first performed at the concert, conducted by Adolf Čech, on 9 December 1877.Romance for violin and orchestra antonin-dvorak.cz, accessed 30 March 2015. Dvořák based the work on the slow movement, marked ''Andante con moto quasi allegretto'', of his String Quartet No. 5 in F minor. This quartet was composed in 1873 when the composer was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cunning Peasant
''The Cunning Peasant'' (''Šelma sedlák'' in Czech) is an opera by Antonín Dvořák. The Czech libretto is by Josef Otakar Veselý. Composition and reception ''The Cunning Peasant'' was written at a time when there was a lack of high-quality Czech dramatic writers. In his 1995 notes to the Supraphon recording, Milan Pospíšil indicates that Veselý did not solve that problem. His libretto demonstrates talent but also uncritical self-confidence and recycles traditional plot elements and even the names of characters. Both Jeník and Václav, for example, are based on models with similar names in ''The Bartered Bride''. The influence of the latter opera is further evidenced by the choice of a rustic setting.Milan Pospíšil commentary to 1995 re-issue of Supraphon recording. Similarities with the plot of ''The Marriage of Figaro'' have also been noted. Dvořák set the libretto without requiring any revisions but he did propose the change of name from the original ''Políček kní ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumky
Dumka ( ua, думка, ''dúmka'', plural думки, ''dúmky'') is a musical term introduced from the Ukrainian language, with cognates in other Slavic languages. The word ''dumka'' literally means "thought". Originally, it was the diminutive form of the Ukrainian term ''duma'', pl. ''dumy'', "a Slavic (specifically Ukrainian) epic ballad … generally thoughtful or melancholic in character".Randel: ''Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music'', p. 148. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1978 Classical composers drew on the harmonic patterns in the folk music to inform their more formal classical compositions. The composition of dumky became popular after the publication of an ethnological study and analysis and a number of illustrated lectures made by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko in 1873 and 1874 in Kyiv and Saint Petersburg. They were illustrated by live performances by the blind kobzar Ostap Veresai, who performed a number of dumky, singing and accompanying himsel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piano Concerto (Dvořák)
The Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G minor, Op. 33, is the only piano concerto by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. Written in 1876, it was the first of three concertos that Dvořák completed, followed by the Violin Concerto (Dvořák), Violin Concerto, Op. 53 from 1879 and the Cello Concerto (Dvořák), Cello Concerto, Op. 104, written in 1894–1895. The piano concerto is probably the least known and least performed of Dvořák's concertos. As the eminent music critic Harold C. Schonberg put it, Dvořák wrote "an attractive Piano Concerto in G minor with a rather ineffective piano part, a beautiful Violin Concerto in A minor, and a supreme Cello Concerto in B minor". Background Dvořák composed his piano concerto from late August through 14 September 1876. Its autograph version contains many corrections, erasures, cuts and additions, the bulk of which were made in the piano part. The work was premiered in Prague on 24 March 1878, with the orchestra of the Pragu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
František Sušil
František Sušil (14 June 1804 in Rousínov, Moravia - 31 May 1868 in Bystřice pod Hostýnem) was a Moravian Roman Catholic priest most noted for his published collection of traditional Moravian folk music, ''Moravské národní písně'', which contained 2091 songs and 2361 texts. Composers who have used Sušil's melodies include Antonín Dvořák, Leoš Janáček, Vítězslav Novák Vítězslav Augustín Rudolf Novák (5 December 1870 – 18 July 1949) was a Czech composer and academic teacher at the Prague Conservatory. Stylistically, he was part of the neo-romantic tradition, and his music is considered an important ... and Bohuslav Martinů. External links 1804 births 1868 deaths People from Rousínov 19th-century Czech Roman Catholic priests Czech folklorists Czech folk-song collectors Czech translators Czech poets Czech male poets 19th-century translators 19th-century poets 19th-century male writers 19th-century musicologists {{CzechRe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Heyduk
Adolf Heyduk (6 June 1835 – 6 February 1923) was a distinguished Czech poet and writer. Many of his poems were later set to music by Antonín Dvořák. The best known and most widely performed is the poignant and tender Songs My Mother Taught Me with its hauntingly exquisite setting, included in the repertoire of many renowned instrumentalists and vocalists. Life Born in Rychmburk (today Předhradí), he began his studies in Prague in 1850. After finishing his studies in 1859, he became a teacher in Prague, and later in Písek. In 1876, he began to teach at the Prague's gymnasium, and became the chairman of the literary section of the ''Umělecká beseda The Umělecká beseda was a Czech artists' forum, bringing together creative artists in literature, music and fine art. First founded in 1863, it formed an important part of Czech cultural life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Under Comm ...'' association. He married in Písek in 1877. His two daughters died. Work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanda (opera)
''Vanda'' is a grand opera in five acts by Antonín Dvořák. The Czech libretto was written by Václav Beneš-Šumavský and after a work by Julian Surzycki. Performance history The opera was first performed at the Provisional Theatre (Prague), Provisional Theatre in Prague on 17 April 1876. The British premiere was performed by student group University College Opera at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London on 22 March 2004. Roles Synopsis The story is about the Polish queen, Princess Wanda, who drowns herself in the Vistula river in order to save her people from the German invaders. Recordings *2004: Olga Romanko (Vanda), Valentin Prolat (Slavoj), Ivan Kusnjer (Roderich), Jolana Fogašová (Božena), Oleg Korotkov (Pagan high priest), (Lumír), Yvona Skvárová (Homena); Gerd Albrecht, conductor; National Theatre (Prague) References Further reading *Smaczny, Jan, "''Vanda''", in ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'', (ed. Stanley Sadie). London, 1992 External links ''Van ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piano Quartet No
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings. It was invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700. Description The word "piano" is a shortened form of ''pianoforte'', the Italian term for the early 1700s versions of the instrument, which in turn derives from ''clavicembalo col piano e forte'' (key cimbalom with quiet and loud)Pollens (1995, 238) and ''fortepiano''. The Italian musical terms ''piano'' and ''forte'' indicate "soft" and "loud" respectively, in this context referring to the variations in volume (i.e., loudness) produced in response to a pianist's touch or pressure on the keys: the grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serenade For Strings (Dvořák)
Antonín Dvořák's Serenade for Strings in E major ( cs, Smyčcová serenáda E dur), Op. 22 (B. 52), is one of the composer's most popular orchestral works. It was composed in just two weeks in May 1875. Composition and premiere By 1875, Dvořák was gaining recognition as a composer. He received a generous stipend from a commission in Vienna, allowing him to write the ''Serenade'', in addition to Symphony No. 5, String Quintet No. 2, Piano Trio No. 1, the opera ''Vanda'', and the '' Moravian Duets''. Dvořák is said to have written the ''Serenade'' in just 12 days, from 3 to 14 May. The piece premiered in Prague on 10 December 1876 by Adolf Čech and the combined orchestras of the Czech and German theatres. Dvořák's piano duet arrangement was published in Prague in 1877 by Emanuel Starý. Two years later, Bote & Bock published the score in Berlin. Form Dvořák's ''Serenade for Strings'' consists of five movements: With the exception of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piano Trio No
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings. It was invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700. Description The word "piano" is a shortened form of ''pianoforte'', the Italian term for the early 1700s versions of the instrument, which in turn derives from ''clavicembalo col piano e forte'' (key cimbalom with quiet and loud)Pollens (1995, 238) and ''fortepiano''. The Italian musical terms ''piano'' and ''forte'' indicate "soft" and "loud" respectively, in this context referring to the variations in volume (i.e., loudness) produced in response to a pianist's touch or pressure on the keys: the grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moravian Duets
''Moravian Duets'' (in cs, Moravské dvojzpěvy) by Antonín Dvořák is a cycle of 23 Moravian folk poetry settings for two voices with piano accompaniment, composed between 1875 and 1881. The Duets, published in three volumes, Op. 20 (B. 50), Op. 32 (B. 60 and B. 62), and Op. 38 (B. 69), occupy an important position among Dvořák's other works. The fifteen duets of Op. 32 are the most famous part of the cycle.Šourek (2004), p. X Popular interest in the ''Moravian Duets'' was the starting point for subsequent works which propelled Dvořák to international fame. Background In the mid-1870s when Dvořák was not yet a well-known composer, he worked as a music teacher for the family of Jan Neff, a wealthy wholesale merchant.Šourek (2004), p. X Neff and his wife were active and enthusiastic singers. With Dvořák at the piano, they often would sing solos and duets together with their children's governess. Dvořák began to arrange the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
