Moravian Duets (a cappella), B107
Opus number
–
Burghauser catalogue number
107
Date of composition
18 (?) March - 19 March 1880
Premiere - date and place
Nos. 4 and 5: 29 March 1880, Prague
complete performance: 27 November 1952, Prague (?)
Premiere performer(s)
Nos. 4 and 5: Zdenka Havelkova, ? Richtrova, Klotilda Cermakova, Anna Dvorakova, conductor Antonin Dvorak
complete performance: Female Society of Prague Teacher
First edition
not published yet
Text
Moravian folk-songs
Parts / movements
1. Forsaken (Holub na javore)
2. Omens (Zelenaj se, zelenaj)
3. The Wild Rose (Sipek)
4. Speed Thee, Birdie (Velet , vtacku)
5. The Slighted Heart (Dyby byly kosa nabrosena)
Duration
approx. 13 min.
In March 1880 Dvorak arranged five of his Moravian Duets (two from Op. 29 and three from Op. 32) for four unaccompanied female voices. Two of these were performed for the first time on 29 March at a Dvorak concert held in Prague in support of the construction of the National Theatre. The work has yet to come out in print.