Oldřich and Božena
Catalogue of Works by Bedřich Smetana
Basic information
Title:
Oldřich and Božena
Autograph not preserved, according to the handwritten copy "Oldřich a Božena"
Subtitle:
Overture to a puppet play by Matěj Kopecký
Title by autograph:
-
Subtitle by autograph:
Ouvertura k dramatu Václava M. Kopeckého
Classification according to the catalogue of J. Berkovec:
1.88
Title according to the catalogue of J. Berkovec:
Oldřich a Božena
Parts/Subjects:
Allegro moderato
Note:
Author's inventory of works 1875: "Oldřich and Božena composed for a puppet comedy for New Year's Eve party in 1863 and 1864, composed for the "Art's Society"."
Cast
Instrumental cast:
2 cl, 2 cor, 1 tr, timp., (pf?), archi
Other information
Oldřich and Božena: orchestral version
Place of origin:
Prague
Date of composition completion:
12/1863
Premiere date:
31. 12. 1863
Place of premiere:
Prague, Žofín
Performer/Soloist:
Ensemble:
instrumental ensemble
Note on premiere:
M. Anger also performed?
1st edition of the score
Publisher:
Place of publication:
Brno
Year:
1924
Note:
score, vocal and instrumental parts
Critical edition
Publisher:
Place of publication:
Prague
Year:
1951
Note:
Full title: OLDŘICH A BOŽENA Předehra k loutkové hře Matěje Kopeckého 1863 [OLDŘICH AND BOŽENA Overture to puppet play by Matěj Kopecký 1863]
Oldřich and Božena: piano arrangement
Place of origin:
Prague
Date of composition completion:
1916
Note on date and place of origin:
Arrangement for piano by M. Weingart, arrangement for piano four-hands by E. Kraus