General information
Title CZČtyři dětské písně a říkadla
Title ENFour children`s songs and rhymes
Title DEVier Kinderlieder und -kehrreime
CategoryVocal Music
SubcategoryWorks for Solo Voice and Piano
Halbreich number225
Parts of the composition (movements)1. Counting-out Rhyme; 2. Wild Pigeon; 3. Little Swalow; 4. Child's Riddle
InstrumentsV Pf
Dedicatee Fárová, Anna
Diplomatic transcription of the dedicationÀ ma petite amie | Annette | pour son anniversaire et pour ses souvenirs | que j'ai ecrit ces petites chansons d'enfant.
Note on the dedicationDedicated to Anička Šafránková (daughter of Miloš Šafránek) for her birthday.
Origin
Place of compositionParis
Year of origin1932
Initiation of composition1932
Completion of composition01.06.1932
First performance
Autograph deposition
Owner of the sourceCentrum Bohuslava Martinů v Poličce
Copyright
Note on copyrightCopyright free
First edition
Note on first editionNot published
Sources
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Note Small compositions, 38 bars in total (6+14+12+6).
About the composition

In late May 1932, Martinů composed a cycle of short songs with piano accompaniment Four Children's Songs (consisting of the parts "Počítadlo" [Counting-out Rhyme], "Divokej holub" [Wild Pigeon], "Vlaštovička" [Little Swallow] and "Dětská hádanka" [Child's Riddle]) based on texts from Erben's collection. He dedicated them on June 1 for the birthday of his “little friend Annette,” who was the four-year-old daughter of Miloš Šafránek, later known as the art historian Anna Fárová. The texts once again confirm his strong focus on folklore, which continued to captivate him even in Paris.

Jaroslav Mihule, Martinů: Osud skladatele, Prague: Karolinum, 2002, p. 201.

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