''Silent Woods'' () is the translated title of the composition by

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initially published under the

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title ''Waldesruhe''. It is the fifth part of the cycle for piano four-hands, '' Ze Šumavy'' ( From the Bohemian Forest) Op. 68, B. 133, composed in 1883. The work is also transcribed by the composer for cello and piano (B. 173) and for cello and orchestra (B. 182). The original piano cycle Op. 68 was composed in 1883 on demand of

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. As it was popular in the late nineteenth century to make arrangements of popular works for other instruments, on 28 December 1891 Dvořák made an arrangement for cello and piano of the fifth piece, for a farewell concert tour he gave with violinist Ferdinand Lachner and cellist

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in the first months of 1892 before embarking for the New World. The arrangement became so popular that Dvořák made a new arrangement for cello and orchestra on 28 October 1893. The arrangements were first published in the fall of 1894 by Fritz Simrock, who changed the German title given by Dvořák – ''Die Ruhe'' (The Silence), a literal translation from the Czech ''Klid'' – to ''Waldesruhe'' (Silent Woods). Like the other pieces in Op.68, ''Silent Woods'' is a lyrical character piece, bearing the tempo marking ''Lento e molto cantabile'' for the main, dreamy theme in D major, which is reprised (''Lento. Tempo I'') after a light intermezzo (''Un pochettino più mosso'') in C minor.

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References

* Pospíšil, Milan. Preface to: Antonín Dvořák – Waldesruhe für Klavier und Violoncello. G. Henle Verlag, München, 1999 *

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(1987). Guide de la musique de piano et de clavecin.

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