Libuše, JB 1:102 (Smetana, Bedřich)

		Movements/Sections 3 acts Composition Year 1869–72 Genre Categories Operas; Stage Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Czech language; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the piano 4 hands; For 2 players; For piano (arr); For 1 player

Sheet Music

• Full Scores (4)
• Vocal Scores (1)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (3)

Full Scores

Complete

 Prelude & Act I
*#183795 - 12.49MB, 206 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 298x⇩

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 Act II
*#183796 - 15.85MB, 274 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 137x⇩

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 Act III
*#183797 - 14.23MB, 229 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 164x⇩

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Publisher Info.:

Prague: Orbis, n.d. n.p.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

600 dpi

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Overture

 Complete Score
*#61448 - 4.35MB, 29 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 586x⇩

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Hobbypianist (2010/4/10)

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Leipzig: Ernst Eulenburg, n.d., plate E.E. 3764

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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
*#26606 - 16.82MB, 237 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 410x⇩

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Hobbypianist (2009/1/11)

Publisher Info.:

Prague: Umělecká Beseda, n.d.(1917)

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Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Composer's piano reduction

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Overture

For Piano 4 hands (Smetana)

 Complete score
*#26609 - 1.37MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 119x⇩

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Hobbypianist (2009/1/11)

Publisher Info.:

Vienna: Josef Weinberger, n.d. (ca.1890). Plate J.W. 658

Reprinted:

Vienna: Universal Edition, n.d. (after 1901).

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Complete score
*#26607 - 1.25MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 75x⇩

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Hobbypianist (2009/1/11)

Publisher Info.:

Prague: Umělecká Beseda, n.d.(1917)
Reissue — Hudební Matice, 1946. Plate H.M. 10.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Extracted from the vocal score (see above).

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Festival March (Act III)

For Piano solo (Smetana)

 Complete score
*#26608 - 0.81MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 142x⇩

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Publisher Info.:

Prague: Umělecká Beseda, n.d.(1917)
Reissue — Hudební Matice, 1946. Plate H.M. 10.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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Extracted from the vocal score (see above).

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General Information

Work Title	Libuše
Alternative Title	Libuscha

Composer	Smetana, Bedřich
Opus/Catalogue Number	JB 1:102, T.107
Movements/Sections	3 acts
Year/Date of Composition	1869–72
First Performance	Prague, National Theatre, 11 June 1881
First Publication	1881 (vocal score), 1945–49 (full score)
Librettist	Josef Wenzig (1807-1876) Ervín Špindler (1843–1918)
Language	Czech
Average Duration	160 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Solo Voices, Chorus, Orchestra

Misc. Comments

Cast

• Libuše, Princess of Bohemia — soprano
• Přemysl ze Stadic — tenor
• Chrudoš od Otavy — bass
• Št’áhlav na Radbuze, his brother — baritone
• Lutobor z Dobroslavského Chlumce, their uncle — bass
• Radovan od Kamena mosta — baritone
• Krasava, Lutobor’s daughter — soprano
• Radmila, sister of the two brothers — contralto
• Four Reapers — soprano, soprano, contralto, tenor (offstage)