Czech Song
Catalogue of Works by Bedřich Smetana
Basic information
Title:
Czech Song
Inscribed on the autograph: Píseň česká (Jan z Hvězdy) / B. Smetana op. 17. [Czech Song (Jan from Hvězda) / B. Smetana Op. 17.]
Title by autograph:
Píseň česká (Jan z Hvězdy) op. 17
Subtitle by autograph:
B. Smetana
Classification according to the catalogue of J. Berkovec:
1.78
Title according to the catalogue of J. Berkovec:
Píseň česká
Parts/Subjects:
1. Maestoso
Note:
CLC 1875: Czech song for mixed choir, 4 sections with piano four-hands accompaniment, (lithographed).
Cast
Vocal cast:
Male choir: TTBB
Other information
Czech Song
Place of origin:
Obříství
Date of composition completion:
06/1860
Note on date and place of origin:
The composer rearranged the work in 1868 for mixed choir, see Czech Song.
Premiere date:
12. 05. 1940
Place of premiere:
Prague, Vyšehrad
Conductor/Chorus Master:
Ensemble:
Czech Voice Choir
Note on premiere:
This is the first performance we know of. The actual first performance of the composition has not been preserved.
1st edition - critical edition
Place of publication:
Prague
Year:
1956
Note:
Original version pp. 47-50. Transcription by Josef Plavec pp. 281-288.