The Brandenburgers in Bohemia
Catalogue of Works by Bedřich Smetana
Basic information
Title:
The Brandenburgers in Bohemia
Inscribed on the autograph: B. Smetana Braniboři v Čechách [B. Smetana The Brandenburgers in Bohemia].
Subtitle:
Opera in three acts
Title by autograph:
Braniboři v Čechách
Subtitle by autograph:
Zpěvohra ve III jednáních
Classification according to the catalogue of J. Berkovec:
1.87
Title according to the catalogue of J. Berkovec:
Braniboři v Čechách
Parts/Subjects:
Act I: The farmhouse of Volfram Olbramovič (Allegro con moto), Act II: Outside on the village square (Grave-Lento sostenuto) Act III: Outside on the village square (Tempo di marcia)
Note:
The composer's note on the title page: "Motto: Hudba, jazyk citu, slovo – myšlénky." [Motto: Music, the language of emotion, words – of thought.]
SSD 1875: Braniboři v Čechách, dokon. dne 23 dubna...1863. ponejprv provozovaná dne 5. ledna 1866." ["The Brandenburgers in Bohemia, completed on 23 April...1863. first staged on 5 January 1866."]
Cast
Instrumental cast:
2+pic., 2, 2 + clb, 2 - 4, 2,3,1 - timp., trg, pti, grt - archi; on stage tr, tpc.
Vocal cast:
Mixed choir and solo vocals
Other information
Text source
Author of the draft:
Name/Title:
The Brandenburgers in Bohemia
Language:
Czech
The Brandenburgers in Bohemia: original version
Date of beginning of composition:
02/1862
Date of composition completion:
23. 04. 1863
Note on date and place of origin:
According to the diary and dates noted in the autograph score, Smetana completed the individual acts on January 8 (Act I), February 16 (Act II), and April 23 (Act III) of 1863.
Premiere date:
05. 01. 1866
Place of premiere:
Provisional Theatre
Performer/Soloist:
Conductor/Chorus Master:
Staging:
director - ?, script (Act II) - Josef Macourek
Ensemble:
František Hynek – Volfram, Petr Doubravský – Oldřich, Jindřich Polák – Junoš, Josef Lev – Tausendmark, Jan Ludvík Lukes j. h. – Varneman, Arnošt Grund – Jíra, Isabella Ferenczyová – Ludiše, Josefina Procházková – Vlčenka, Marie Písařovicová – Děčana, Josef Paleček – Kmet, J. Čapek - Town crier
1st edition of the libretto
Publisher:
Place of publication:
Prague
Title of the work:
Braniboři v Čechách Zpěvohra ve třech jednáních
Year:
1866
Note:
Libretto by K. Sabina
1st edition of the piano reduction
Edition type:
Piano-vocal score
Publisher:
Author of the modification:
Place of publication:
Prague
Title of the work:
Braniboři v Čechách
Name of edition:
Piano-vocal score
Year:
1899
Critical edition
Edition type:
Full score
Publisher:
Place of publication:
Prague
Title of the work:
BRANIBOŘI V ČECHÁCH Zpěvohra ve třech jednáních
Part of a whole:
Studijní vydání děl Bedřicha Smetany [Study Edition of the Works of Bedřich Smetana], Vol. 9, pp. 1-614.
Name of edition:
SVDBS IX
Year:
1952
Note:
The volume contains only the opera The Brandenburgers in Bohemia.
The Brandenburgers in Bohemia: arr. of the Ludiš-Junoš duet
Date of composition completion:
1879
Performer/Soloist:
1st edition of the arrangement of the Ludiš-Junoš duet
Publisher:
Place of publication:
Prague
Title of the work:
B. Smetana. Zpěvy z oper s průvodem piana / Opernsänge mit Pianobegleitung, I-III
Year:
1880
Note:
Between February 1880 and June 1881, the publishing house Fr. A. Urbánek, s.a. gradually released three duets from the operas The Brandenburgers in Bohemia and Dalibor, including the duet Ludiš - Junoš duet.