Má vlast (My Country)
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SKU: BA.TP00557
Composed by Bedrich Smetana. Edited by František Bartoš. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Barenreiter Urtext. Study score. Duration 1 hour, 15 minutes. Baerenreiter Verlag #TP00557. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.TP00557).ISBN 9790260106000. 22.5 x 16.5 cm inches. Text Language: Czech/English/German. Preface: Ottlová, Marta.
The first performance of"Ma vlast"as a six-part symphonic cycle took place on 5 November 1882. With the founding of the Czech Philharmonic in 1896 this work received a far greater reception. Since 1952 the music festival"Prague Spring"has opened with this complete cycle.
This edition is based on the"Study Edition of the Works of Bedrich Smetana", vol. 14, supplemented by an up-to-date detailed foreword about the genesis and history of the work by Marta Ottlova.
Contents
Vysehrad / Vltava (The Moldau) / Sarka / Z Ceskych luhu a haju (From Bohemia's Woods and Fields) / Tabor / Blanik
* New foreword by Marta Ottlova (Cz/Eng/Ger)
* Urtext based on the"Study Edition of the Works of Bedrich Smetana"
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- A reliable musical text based on all available sources
- A description of the sources
- Information on the genesis and history of the work
- Valuable notes on performance practice
- Includes an introduction with critical commentary explaining source discrepancies and editorial decisions
... AND PRACTICAL
- Page-turns, fold-out pages, and cues where you need them
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