Trio in G Minor
Catalogue of Works by Bedřich Smetana
Basic information
Title:
Trio in G Minor
Inscribed on the autograph of the score: Trio. F. Smetana Op. 9.
Title by autograph:
Trio
Subtitle by autograph:
op. 9
Classification according to the catalogue of J. Berkovec:
1.64
Title according to the catalogue of J. Berkovec:
Trio g moll
Parts/Subjects:
1. Moderato assai, 2. Allegro, ma non agitato, 3. Finale. Presto
Opus number:
Op. 9
Dedicant:
Note:
SSD 1875: "Trio for piano violin and cello in G minor. Dedicated and composed specially in memory of my genius dear child Bedřiška, who died in 1855. Still manuscript.' ( in Section IV. Piano, No. 21 )
SSD 1875: 'Trio for piano, violin and cello, 1855. In memory of our first child, Bedřiška, who carried us away with her extraordinary talent for music, soon was taken from us by the inexorable death at the age of 4.5 years. ( Piano Trio No. 21 ) in G minor. It was published by Pohle in Hamburg." ( in section V. Piano, No. I)
Berkovec: The catalogue states that the dedication to Jan Ludevít Procházka was later cancelled.
Cast
Instrumental cast:
Piano, violino, violoncello
Other information
Trio Op. 9: score and voices - first version
Place of origin:
Prague
Date of beginning of composition:
06. 09. 1855
Date of composition completion:
22. 11. 1855
Note on date and place of origin:
Inscribed on the autograph of the score: Pohle Hamburg, Vollendet on 22. Nov. 1855.
Premiere date:
03. 12. 1855
Place of premiere:
Prague, Konvikt
Performer/Soloist:
Ensemble:
Bedřich Smetana, Otto F. Königslöw, Johann A. Julius Goltermann
Critical edition
Publisher:
Note:
CE also contains the 1st version of the Trio in G Minor, Study Edition of the Works of Bedřich Smetana, vol. 15 (Chamber Compositions I), pp. 159-189.
Trio Op. 9: revision of the violin and cello parts
Date of beginning of composition:
10. 05. 1857
Note on date and place of origin:
Author of the revision. Bedřich Smetana.
Premiere date:
11. 02. 1858
Place of premiere:
Gothenburg, Bloms salon
Ensemble:
B. Smetana, Josef Čapek, Augustin Meissner
Critical edition
Note:
CE also contains the 1st version of the Trio in G minor, Study Edition of the Works of Bedřich Smetana, vol. 15 (Chamber Compositions I), pp. 159-189.