Antonín Leopold Dvorák (1841 - 1904) was a Czech
composer. Dvorák frequently employed rhythms and other
aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native
Bohemia, following the Romantic-era nationalist example
of his predecessor BedÅ™ich Smetana. Dvorák's style
has been described as "the fullest recreation of a
national idiom with that of the symphonic tradition,
absorbing folk influences and finding effective ways of
using them," and he himself has been described as
"arguably the most ...(+)
Antonín Leopold Dvorák (1841 - 1904) was a Czech
composer. Dvorák frequently employed rhythms and other
aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native
Bohemia, following the Romantic-era nationalist example
of his predecessor BedÅ™ich Smetana. Dvorák's style
has been described as "the fullest recreation of a
national idiom with that of the symphonic tradition,
absorbing folk influences and finding effective ways of
using them," and he himself has been described as
"arguably the most versatile... composer of his time".
He displayed his musical gifts at an early age, being
an apt violin student. The first public performances of
his works were in Prague in 1872 and, with special
success, in 1873, when he was 31 years old. Seeking
recognition beyond the Prague area, he submitted scores
of symphonies and other works to German and Austrian
competitions. He did not win a prize until 1874, with
Johannes Brahms on the jury of the Austrian State
Competition. In 1877, after his third win, Brahms
recommended Dvorák to his publisher, Simrock, who
commissioned what became the Slavonic Dances, Op. 46.
The sheet music's high sales and critical reception led
to his international success. A London performance of
Dvorák's Stabat Mater in 1883 led to many other
performances in the United Kingdom, the United States,
and eventually Russia in March 1890. The Seventh
Symphony was written for London in 1885.
The Romance in F minor, Op. 11, (B. 39) is a
single-movement work for violin and piano by Antonín
DvoÅ™ák, published in 1879. It was written at the
request of Josef Markus, leader of the Provisional
Theatre Orchestra in Prague; he would play it at the
annual concert of the orchestra at Žofín Palace. It
was first performed at the concert, conducted by Adolf
ÄŒech, on 9 December 1877.
DvoÅ™ák based the work on the slow movement, marked
Andante con moto quasi allegretto, of his String
Quartet No. 5 in F minor. This quartet was composed in
1873 when the composer was not widely known; it was
unperformed and unpublished in his lifetime. He wrote a
version of the Romance in F minor with piano
accompaniment, dedicated to the violinist František
OndÅ™íÄÂek, which was not published in his
lifetime. The orchestral version, and an arrangement
for violin and piano (B. 38) made by DvoÅ™ák's
friend Josef Zubatý, were published in 1879 by
Simrock.The work is scored for two flutes, two oboes,
two Bâ™ clarinets, two bassoons, two horns,
strings, and solo violin; its duration is about 12
minutes. According to Burghauser both settings were
composed in September 1873 (same year as the Op.9
quartet) and revised in December 1877 for the premiere.
Burghauser assigned different numbers for each setting
in his catalog. Oddly, the composer's own violin and
piano setting was not the one published by Simrock. It
was not published until 2015 (Prague: Bärenreiter,
Plate BA 9571).
The movement, in F minor, is marked Andante con moto.
It is in sonata form: a graceful melody, from the
String Quartet No. 5, leads to a theme in a contrasting
key, of similar character, followed by a more restless
theme and eventually to an episode of strident chords
from the orchestra; the original calm mood prevails and
the themes return; the work ends in F major.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_in_F_minor_(Dvo%
C5%99%C3%A1k)).
Although originally composed for Violin & Piano, I
created this Arrangement of The Romance (Romanze) in F
Minor (Op. 11 B. 38) for Flute & Strings (2 Violins,
Viola & Cello).
