Libuše's Judgment

Catalogue of Works by Bedřich Smetana

Basic information

Title:
Libuše's Judgment
Inscribed on the autograph: Obraz "Libušin soud" dle Králodvorského (!) rukopisu. [The tableau vivant "Libušin soud" [Libuše's Judgment] based on Královedvorský Manuscript (!)]
Subtitle:
Musical tableau composed on a poem from Zelenohorský Manuscript
Title by autograph:
Obraz "Libušin soud" dle Králodvorského (!) rukopisu
Subtitle by autograph:
Bedř. Smetana
Classification according to the catalogue of J. Berkovec:
1.98
Title according to the catalogue of J. Berkovec:
Libušin soud
Parts/Subjects:
Maestoso
Note:
SSD 1875: "Libušin soud, malá mezihra…1869 k tableau, který od šlechty na Žofině se dával". [Libuše's judgment, a small interlude...1869 to the tableau, which was presented by the nobility at Žofín.]

Cast

Instrumental cast:
2,2,2,2, - 4,2,3,0 - timp. - archi

Other information

Text source

Author of the draft:
Language:
Czech

Place of origin:
Prague
Date of composition completion:
03/1869
Premiere date:
12. 04. 1869
Place of premiere:
Prague, Žofín
Conductor/Chorus Master:
Ensemble:
Members of the Czech Opera Orchestra
Note on premiere:
10 April 1869 - dress rehearsal

1st edition of the score

Publisher:
Place of publication:
Prague
Year:
1923
Note:
Score, vocal and instrumental parts

Critical edition

Place of publication:
Prague
Title of the work:
LIBUŠIN SOUD
Part of a whole:
Studijní vydání děl Bedřicha Smetany [Study Edition of the Works of Bedřich Smetana], Vol. 8
Name of edition:
SVDBS VII (Orchestrální skladby II [Orchestral compositions II]), pp. 111-121
Year:
1951
Note:
Full title: LIBUŠIN SOUD Hudba k živému obrazu podle básně Rukopisu Zelenohorského 1869 [LIBUŠE'S JUDGEMENT Music for a tableau based on a poem from Zelenohorský Manuscript 1869]