Scottish Dances, Op. 41, B74
Opus number
41
Burghauser catalogue number
74
Date of composition
November (?) December (?) 1877
Premiere - date and place
(?) 19 October 2020, Prague
Premiere performer(s)
(?) Ivo Kahánek
First edition
Emanuel Starý, 1879, Prague
Duration
approx. 5 min. 40 sec.
This short piano piece was written at the end of 1877 under the influence of Schubert’s piano dances Ecossaises. It has a simple formal arrangement (a series of eight-bar periods following on from one another) and distinctive rhythm. Two years later Dvořák had it published by Prague publisher Emanuel Starý. The first known performance did not take place until 19 September 2020 as part of the Dvořák Prague International Music Festival.