Symphony in C minor, Opus 27
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SKU: BA.BA09532
Composed by Josef Suk. Edited by Jonáš Hájek. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Replaces H 3978. Score. Opus 27. Duration 12 hours. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA09532. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA09532).ISBN 9790260104822. 31 x 24.3 cm inches. Key: C minor. Preface: Hajek, Jonas.
Roughly eight months after the death of Antonín Dvorák (1 May 1904), his son-in-law Josef Suk began to compose a funeral symphony. While he was working on it fate struck a second time with the death of his beloved wife, Otilie. He dedicated the five-movement symphony to Dvorák and his daughter Otilie and named it after the Angel of Death “Asrael”.
The principal source for our edition is the first edition of the score (1907), supplemented by the corrections Suk entered at the suggestion of conductor Václav Talich (1921). The most significant change was the expansion of the orchestra to include ad libitum parts for the fifth and sixth horns.
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