Trois polkas poétiques

Catalogue of Works by Bedřich Smetana

Basic information

Title:
Trois polkas poétiques
Inscribed on the autograph: Polka No. 1 from Trois Polka [!] Poètiques.
Title by autograph:
Trois Polka (!) Poètiques
Subtitle by autograph:
č. 1
Classification according to the catalogue of J. Berkovec:
1.61
Title according to the catalogue of J. Berkovec:
Trois polkas poétiques
Parts/Subjects:
1. Vivo, 2. Meno allegro, 3. Allegro
Opus number:
Op. 8
Note:
SSD 1875: "3 Polkas "poëtiques", dedicated to Miss Mathilde Bellot, my pupil, also published by Christoph and Kuhe in 1855 in Prague, op. 8." Berkovec: In Berkovec's catalogue the dedication is written in French: A son eleve Mathilde Bellot.

Cast

Instrumental cast:
Piano 2 hands

Other information

Place of origin:
Prague
Date of beginning of composition:
1848
Date of composition completion:
1854
Premiere date:
26. 02. 1855
Place of premiere:
Prague, Konvikt
Note on premiere:
The actual first performance of this piece has not been preserved.

Critical edition

Place of publication:
Prague
Year:
1944
Note:
Filed in the chapter CYKLY POLEK, Tři poetické polky, op. 8. (CYCLES OF POLEKS, Three Poetic Polkas, Op. 8).