Serenade for Wind Instruments (Dvořák)
- Serenade for Wind Instruments (Dvořák)
Serenade for wind instruments, cello and double-bass in D minor, Op. 44 (B. 77), is a chamber composition by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák.
It was created in 1878, shortly after the première of the opera The Cunning Peasant. The work was premiered on 17 November 1878 at the concert featuring exclusively Dvořák´s works, with the Prague orchestra of the "Provisional (Czech: "Prozatímní") Theatre". The composition was performed under the composer´s baton.
The Serenade evokes the old-world atmosphere of the musical performances on the castles of the Rococo period, where the worlds of the aristocracy and the common folk merged [Burghauser, p. 37-38] . It´s also composed in a "slavonic style" (shortly before Slavonic Dances), middle part of the second movement contains rhythms reminiscent the furiant dance form[sleevenote of the CD (SU 3776-2 011), p. 6] .] Structure
The work consists of four movements:
*I. Moderato, quasi marcia
*II. Minuetto. Tempo di minuetto
*III. Andante con moto
*IV. Finale. Allegro molto
The Serenade is written for two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons and for three horns, and composer added also parts for cello and double bass, to enhance the force of the bass line[sleevenote of the CD (SU 3776-2 011), p. 6] . The double bassoon part was attached only ad lib, since in Dvořák´s time it was not easy to obtain this unusual instrument][sleevenote of the CD (SU 3776-2 011), p. 6] .] Footnotes
References
*Jarmil Burghauser: Antonín Dvořák. Prague: Koniasch Latin Press, 2006. ISBN 80-86791-26-2
Selected recordings
*Dvořák: "Serenades in E major and in D minor". Supraphon (SU 3776-2 011) [http://www.supraphon.cz/cs/katalog/databaze-titulu/detail-titulu/?idtitulu=2006031] . (Performed by the "Czech Philharmonic Wind Ensemble")
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