Polka in D Major

Catalogue of Works by Bedřich Smetana

Basic information

Title:
Polka in D Major
The autograph is not preserved, according to the copy: Našim děvám (To Our Girls).
Subtitle:
To Our Girls
Subtitle by autograph:
Polka. Bedř. Smetana
Classification according to the catalogue of J. Berkovec:
1.86
Title according to the catalogue of J. Berkovec:
Polka D dur
Parts/Subjects:
Moderato

Cast

Instrumental cast:
2+pic., 2, 2, 2 - 4, 2,3, (1?) - timp., trg, pti, grt - archi
Note on the cast:
Teige: Polka in D major (1879, entitled "To Our Girls")
Author's inventory of works 1875: "Polka for Národní beseda for a large orchestra, in D major."

Other information

Polka in D major (To Our Girls): orchestral version

Place of origin:
Prague (?)
Date of beginning of composition:
1862?
Date of composition completion:
1863?
Premiere date:
14. 01. 1880
Place of premiere:
Prague, Žofín
Event:
Academic Reading Club Ball
Conductor/Chorus Master:
Ensemble:
Music of the 36th Infantry Regiment
Note on premiere:
Rehearsal on January 6, Konvikt.

1st edition of the score

Place of publication:
Prague
Year:
1962

Critical edition

Place of publication:
Prague
Year:
1962

Polka in D major (To Our Girls): piano arrangement

Place of origin:
Prague

1st edition of the piano arrangement

Place of publication:
Prague
Year:
1888
Note:
Arranged by A. Šimek.