General information
Title CZPtačí hody [auth.]
Title ENThe Bird Feast
Title DEDas Fest der Vögel
CategoryVocal Music
SubcategoryChoir with Instrumental Accompaniment
Halbreich number379
Author of lyrics/libretto - Lidový text, Folk lyrics
Durata2' 30''
InstrumentsCoro voci bianche (SSAA), Tr (ossia Vla)
Note on the dedicationDedicated to Brněnský dětský sbor.
Origin
Place of compositionSchönenberg - Pratteln
Year of origin1959
Initiation of composition03/1959
Completion of composition19.03.1959
First performance
Performer Lýsek, František
Slabák, Jan
Date of the first performance12.04.1960
Location of the first performanceBrno, Czechoslovak Radio
Note on the first performanceJan Slabák (Tr), František Lýsek (cond.).
Ensemble Brněnský dětský sbor
Brněnský dětský sbor
Autograph deposition
Owner of the sourceCentrum Bohuslava Martinů v Poličce
Copyright
Note on copyrightSchott Music Panton, Prague
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First edition
Place of issuePraha
PublisherPanton
Year of publication1977
Editions available at the BM Institute
Panton, Prague, 1977
Call number at the BM Institute: 1170a
Specification of the edition: 1st edition of The Bird Feast, H 379; 2nd edition of Songs for a Children`s Choir, H 373
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Panton, Prague, 1995
Call number at the BM Institute: 1170b-c
Specification of the edition: 2nd edition of The Bird Feast, H 379; 3rd edition of Songs for a Children`s Choir, H 373
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Note Lyrics from the Třeboň manuscript (from the 2nd half of the 15th century).
Martinů preferred trumpet over viola as an accompanying instrument, however he allowed also performances a cappella.
Published with following translations of the Czech title: "Das Gastmahl der Vögel" (DE), "Festival of Birds" (EN).
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