Scottish Dances, Op. 41, B74
Opus number
41
Burghauser catalogue number
74
Date of composition
November (?) - December (?) 1877
Premiere - date and place
unknown
Premiere performer(s)
unknown
First edition
Emanuel Stary, 1879, Prague
Duration
approx. 5 min. 40 sec.
This short piano piece was written at the end of 1877 under the influence of Schubert’s piano dances Ecossaises. It has a simple formal arrangement (a series of eight-bar periods following on from one another) and distinctive rhythm. Two years later Dvorak had it published by Prague publisher Emanuel Stary.