At the behest of his friend, the businessman and benefactor Jan Neff, who also gave the impetus for “Moravian Duets”, in early 1883 Antonín Dvorák arranged 16 Russian folk songs selected from the collection “Songs of the Russian People”, which had been published in 1866 by the St Petersburg composer, pianist, and publisher Matyáš Bernard (1794–1871) and which Dvorák had probably received directly from Neff, who was an avid Russophile. In his arrangement, Dvorák merely supplemented the original melodies with a second voice, while also adapting Bernard’s stylisation of the piano accompaniment in some cases (most noticeably in songs Nos. 6, 14, and 16). The arrangements testify to Dvorák’s understanding of the distinctive character of the original songs, and they evince the composer’s fully mature style. The present edition is a reprint of the edition from 1951 (published by Orbis), based on Dvorák’s autograph (Antonín Dvorák Complete Edition VII/5).
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1. Povylétla holubice pode strání [Antonín Dvorák]
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2. Čím jsem já tě rozhněvala [Antonín Dvorák]
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3. Mladá, pěkná krasavice [Antonín Dvorák]
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4. Cožpak, můj holoubku [Antonín Dvorák]
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5. Zkvétal, zkvétal v máji květ [Antonín Dvorák]
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6. Jaro mhou se tmí [Antonín Dvorák]
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7. Ach, vy říčky šumivé [Antonín Dvorák]
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8. Mladice ty krásná [Antonín Dvorák]
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9. Po mátušce, mocné Volze [Antonín Dvorák]
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10. Na políčku bříza tam stála [Antonín Dvorák]
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11. Vyjdu já si podle říčky [Antonín Dvorák]
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12. Na tom našem náměstí [Antonín Dvorák]
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13. Já si zasil bez orání [Antonín Dvorák]
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14. Oj, ty luční kačko malá [Antonín Dvorák]
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15. V poli zrají višně [Antonín Dvorák]
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16. Oj, kráče havran černý [Antonín Dvorák]
| Genres | Folk |
| Format | Vocal Score |
| NumberOfPages | 23 |
| Media | Sheet Music |
| Publisher | Bärenreiter-Verlag |
| Contributors | Dvoř á k, Antoní n(Composer) |
| Language | Russian |
| ISMN | 9790260109728 |