Forget-me-not Polka, B1
Opus number
–
Burghauser catalogue number
1
Date of composition
1854
Premiere - date and place
(?) 19 September 2020, Prague
Premiere performer(s)
(?) Ivo Kahánek
First edition
not yet published
Duration
approx. 1 min. (the part composed by Dvorak)
This is Dvořák’s first surviving attempt at a composition work. The polka, whose main section was written by 13-year-old Dvořák, and the trio by his teacher Antonín Liehmann, appeared during the composer’s childhood spent in Zlonice and has only survived as a copy. The first known performance did not take place until 19 September 2020 as part of the Dvořák Prague International Music Festival.