silent woods for cello and piano
| OPUS NUMBER | 68/5 |
| BURGHAUSER CATALOGUE NUMBER | 173 |
| COMPOSED | 28 December 1891 |
| PREMIERE - DATE AND PLACE | 3 January 1892, Rakovnik |
| PREMIERE - PERFORMER(S) | Hanus Wihan, Antonin Dvorak |
| FIRST EDITION | Simrock, 1894, Berlin |
| MAIN KEY | D flat major |
| DURATION | approx. 6 min. |
| Dvorak arranged the fifth part of his earlier four-hand piano cycle From the Bohemian Forest for cello and piano for a concert tour organised before his departure for the United States. This is a short little piece of sombre mood, in Czech usually going by the title of Klid, which translates simply as “Silence” or “Tranquility”; in English it is usually presented as Silent Woods. Two years later the composer arranged the piano accompaniment for small orchestra. |