Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 (arr. for solo piano)

Description

• Composer: Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
• Arranger: Karel Šolc
• Instrumentation (this edition): Piano
• Originally for: Piano 4-Hands
• Work: Slavonic Dances (Series I), B. 78, Op. 46
• Binding:
• ISMN: 9790260103146
• Size: 9.2 x 12.2 inches
• Pages: 52

Description

The first series of Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, was originally written for four-hand piano. It emerged over a very short time, between March 18 and May 7 1878. That same year the composer arranged the dances for large symphony orchestra. in these pieces Dvořák idealises and stylises distinctive Czech dance types, both from a formal and ideological point of view. He only used the rhythm from these models as the most spontaneous and characteristic element from each dance.