Moravian Duets (a cappella), B107
Opus number
–
Burghauser catalogue number
107
Date of composition
18 (?) March – 19 March 1880
Premiere - date and place
Nos. 4 and 5: 29 March 1880, Prague
complete performance: 27 November 1952, Prague (?)
Premiere performer(s)
Nos. 4 and 5: Zdenka Havelková, ? Richtrová, Klotilda Čermáková, Anna Dvořáková, dirigent Antonín Dvořák
complete performance: Female Society of Prague Teacher, conductor Jaromír Karel Fürst
First edition
not yet published
Text
Moravian folk-songs
Parts / movements
1. Forsaken (Holub na javoře)
2. Omens (Zelenaj se, zelenaj)
3. The Wild Rose (Šípek)
4. Speed Thee, Birdie (Veleť, vtáčku)
5. The Slighted Heart (Dyby byly kosa nabróšená)
Duration
approx. 13 min.
In March 1880 Dvořák arranged five of his Moravian Duets (two from Op. 29 and three from Op. 32) for four unaccompanied female voices. Two of these were performed for the first time on 29 March at a Dvořák concert held in Prague in support of the construction of the National Theatre. The work has yet to come out in print.