silent woods for cello and piano
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opus number
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68/5
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Burghauser catalogue number
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173
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composed
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28 December 1891
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premiere - date and place
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3 January 1892, Rakovnik
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premiere - performer(s)
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Hanus Wihan, Antonin Dvorak
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main key
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D flat major
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parts / movements
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-
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duration
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approx. 6 min.
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| 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. |