General information
Title CZBorová
Subtitle CZsedm českých tanců
Title ENBorová
Subtitle ENseven Czech dances
Title DEBorová
Subtitle DEsieben tschechische Tänze
Title FRBorová
Subtitle FRsept danses tchèques
CategoryWorks for Keyboards
SubcategoryPiano
Halbreich number195
Parts of the composition (movements)1. Moderato; 2. Allegro moderato; 3. Allegro moderato; 4. Moderato; 5. Moderato; 6. Moderato; 7. Moderato
Durata14'
InstrumentsPf
Dedicatee Špačková, Anna
Diplomatic transcription of the dedicationVěnováno | paní Anně Špačkové | v Paříži květen 1931. | B. Martinů
Note on the dedicationDedicated to Mrs. Anna Špačková in Paris, May 1931.
Origin
Place of compositionParis
Place of composition 2Polička
Year of origin1930
Initiation of composition1929
Completion of composition09/1930
First performance
Autograph deposition
Owner of the sourceÉditions Alphonse Leduc
Note on the autograph depostitionFascimile of the autograph, printed score with Martinů's autograph dedication to Anna Špačková and printed score with markings by Germaine Leroux held by the Bohuslav Martinů Centre in Polička.
Copyright
CopyrightÉditions Alphonse Leduc
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First edition
PublisherÉditions Alphonse Leduc
Place of issuePaříž
Year of publication1931
Editions available at the BM Institute
Éditions Alphonse Leduc, Paris, 1931
Call number at the BM Institute: 1065
Specification of the edition: 1st edition
Details of this edition
Éditions Alphonse Leduc, Paris, 1979
Call number at the BM Institute: 1066
Specification of the edition: Reprint of the 1st edition (1931)
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Note Titles of dances in the autograph: Polka 1-7.
Titles of dances in the printed score: number 1-7 and tempo marking - see "Parts of composition (movements)".
Date of origin: Paris, 1929 - Polička, August-September 1930.
About the composition

The piano cycle titled Borová celebrates a village near the composer’s birthplace; in the manuscript, it is originally titled Polky 1–7, and the collective title Borová was added later for publication. Martinů began to work on the composition in 1929 in Paris. He completed it during August and September 1930 in Polička. The autograph includes the dedication “To Mrs. Anna Špačková in Paris, May 1931.” Polka No. 1 has also been arranged for a small orchestra (see H 195 A). The cycle continues the series of Czech dances begun with Three Czech Dances for Piano, H 154, in a somewhat simplified and less demanding way.

Harry Halbreich, Bohuslav Martinů: Werkverzeichnis und Biografie, Mainz: Schott Music, 2007, p. 410.

Jaroslav Mihule, Martinů: Osud skladatele, Prague: Karolinum, 2002, p. 175.

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