Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 7 songs |
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Composition Year | 1880 (January 18-February 23) |
Genre Categories | Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; |
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Work Title | Gypsy Songs |
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Alternative. Title | Cigánské melodie ; Zigeunermelodien |
Composer | Dvořák, Antonín |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.55 ; B.104 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IAD 25 |
Key | see below |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 7 songs:
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1880 (January 18-February 23) |
First Performance. | 1881 (February 4) in Vienna (Nos.1,3) |
First Publication. | 1880 - Berlin: N. Simrock (Monatsbericht (1880), p.307), Plate 8171. |
Librettist | Adolf Heyduk (1835-1923) |
Language | Czech |
Dedication | Gustav Walter |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 14 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | voice, piano |
External Links | antonin-dvorak.cz The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive Wikipedia (Songs My Mother Taught Me) |
Extra Information | Heyduk translated his own Czech poems into German. Dvorák set them for the tenor at the Viennese Court Opera, Gustav Walter, in German, and for publication in his own country, with slight alterations only, in Czech. |