The Kiss, JB 1:104 (Smetana, Bedřich)

		Movements/Sections 2 acts Composition Year 1875–76, rev.1877 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 (2)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (2)

Full Scores

Complete

 Overture
*#107755 - 1.85MB, 32 pp. -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/C/V - 499x⇩

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 Act I
*#107756 - 15.92MB, 271 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/C/V - 335x⇩

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 Act II
*#107757 - 10.84MB, 190 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/C/V - 276x⇩

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Madcapellan (2011/7/2)

Publisher Info.:

Prague: Společnost Bedřicha Smetany, (1942).

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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600 dpi

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Overture

 Complete Score
*#254873 - 2.10MB, 38 (vi, #1-32) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 97x⇩

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Massenetique (2012/10/18)

Publisher Info.:

Vienna: Wiener Philharmonischer Verlag, n.d. Plate W. Ph. V. 73.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.

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Vocal Scores

 Complete score
*#26684 - 16.38MB, 177 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 541x⇩

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Alaric (2009/1/11)

Language:

Czech

Publisher Info.:

Prague: Barvitiova Edice, 1918. Edition No.443. Plate K.J.B. 604.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Complete Score
*#26626 - 12.12MB, 210 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V*/V*/V* - 326x⇩

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Hobbypianist (2009/1/11)

Editor:

František Bartoš (1905–1973)

Language:

Czech

Publisher Info.:

Prague: Státní Nakladatelství, 1959. Plate H 2819.

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Overture

For Piano 4 hands

 Complete Score
*#26628 - 0.78MB, 12 pp. -  8.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 152x⇩

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Hobbypianist (2009/1/11)

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Vienna: Josef Weinberger, n.d. (ca.1890). Plate J.W. 660.

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For Piano solo

 Complete Score
*#26627 - 1.12MB, 7 pp. -  10.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V*/V*/V* - 236x⇩

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Hobbypianist (2009/1/11)

Editor:

František Bartoš (1905–1973)

Publisher Info.:

Prague: Státní Nakladatelství, 1959. Plate H 2819.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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Excerpted from vocal score above.

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General Information

Work Title	The Kiss
Alternative Title	Hubička ; Der Kuß

Composer	Smetana, Bedřich
Opus/Catalogue Number	JB 1:104 ; T.115
Movements/Sections	2 acts
Year/Date of Composition	1875–76, rev.1877
First Performance	1876-11-07 in Prague, Provisional Theatre.
First Publication	1880 (vocal score), 1941? (full score)
Librettist	Eliška Krásnohorská (1847–1926) Karolína Světlá (1830–1899)
Language	Czech
Average Duration	73 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Solo Voices, Chorus, Orchestra
External Links	Wikipedia article

Misc. Comments

Cast

• Paloucký, a peasant — bass-baritone
• Vendulka, his daughter — soprano
• Lukáš, a young widower — tenor
• Tomeš, brother-in-law of Lukáš — baritone
• Martinka, Vendulka's elderly aunt — contralto
• Matouš, an old smuggler — bass
• Barče, a servant girl — soprano
• Guard — tenor