- Tragická/Dramatická ouvertura
Tragic Overture (B 16a), (also Dramatic Overture) is a orchestral composition created in 1870 by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. It was overture to the first, never published Dvořák´s opera "Alfred" [Burghauser, p. 110] .
Šourek's book "Orchestral Works of
Antonín Dvořák " has a complete description of Tragic Overture. It was first performed on the 1 April 1905, almost one year after Dvořák's death [ [http://www.antonin-dvorak.cz/skladby/alfred.htm alfred ] ] .Footnotes
References
Jarmil Burghauser : Antonín Dvořák. Prague: Koniasch Latin Press, 2006. ISBN 80-86791-26-2External links
* [http://www.antonindvorak2004.com/czech/antonin-dvorak.html Basic Dvořák´s work summary]
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