| Work Title
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Love Songs
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| Alternative. Title
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Písně milostné ; Liebeslieder
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| Composer
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Dvořák, Antonín
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.83 ; B.160
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IAD 38
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| Key
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see below
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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8 songs
- Ó naší lásce nekvete/Oh, for us love does not bloom. Andante (D major)
- V tak mnohém srdci mrtvo jest/So many hearts are as though dead. Moderato (F♯ minor)
- Kol domu se ted’ potácím/Around the house I stagger now. Allegretto (E minor)
- Já vím, že v sladké naději/I know that in my sweet hope. Poco sostenuto (D♭ major)
- Nad krajem vévodi lehký spánek/Over the countryside reigns a light sleep. Allegretto grazioso (A♭ major)
- Zde v lese u potoka/In forest here by a brook. Andante (E major)
- V té sladké moci ocí tvých/In that sweet power of your eyes. Andante (G minor)
- Ó duše drahá jedinká/Oh dear soul, the only one. Poco lento (A major)
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1888 (December)
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| First Publication.
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1889 - Berlin: N. Simrock (Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1889), p.503)
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| Librettist
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Gustav Pfleger Moravský (1833-1875)
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| Language
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Czech
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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15 minutes
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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voice, piano
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| Related Works
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Cypresses, B.11, Cypresses, B.152
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| External Links
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antonin-dvorak.cz
The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive
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| Extra Information
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Revisions of nos. 8,3,9,6,17,14,2,4 from Cypresses, B.11
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