| Title CZ | Čím lidé žijí |
| Subtitle CZ | Pastorální opera o jednom dějství |
| Title EN | What Men Live by [auth.] |
| Subtitle EN | Opera-pastoral in one act [auth.] |
| Title DE | Wovon die Menschen leben |
| Subtitle DE | Pastoral-Oper in einem Aufzug |
| Category | Stage Works and Film Music |
| Subcategory | Operas |
| Halbreich number | 336 |
| Parts of the composition (movements) | Overture and 5 scenes. |
| Durata | 40' |
| Instruments | 2232-2110-Timp-Batt-Pf-Archi (66432 / 44332) |
| List of characters | Martin Avdeitch - a cobbler (Bar), an old peasant (B), Stepanitch (B), a woman with a child (S), an old woman (A), a boy (Sp), narrator (T), small choir (vocal quartet or quintet - SSATB). |