General information
Title CZJaro [auth.]
Subtitle CZmalá klavírní skladba [auth.]
Title ENThe Spring
Subtitle ENsmall piano piece
Title DEDer Frühling
Subtitle DEein kleines Klavierstück
CategoryWorks for Keyboards
SubcategoryPiano
Halbreich number127ter
Parts of the composition (movements)Moderato - Scherzando - Meno mosso
Durata4'
Dedicatee Fialová, M.
Diplomatic transcription of the dedicationSlečně | M. Fialové
Note on the dedicationDedicated to miss M. Fialová
Origin
Place of compositionPrague
Year of origin1921
Initiation of composition04/1921
Completion of composition04/1921
First performance
Autograph deposition
Owner of the source- Soukromý vlastník, Private owner
Note on the autograph depostitionFascimile located at the Bohuslav Martinů Institute in Prague.
Copyright
CopyrightCopyright free (Bohuslav Martinů Foundation)
Sources
References Related writings
Documents in the Library
About the composition

When it comes to Bohuslav Martinů's piano works, the least attention is paid to tiny, solitary pieces that are not part of any cycle. These include, for example, his until recently completely unknown composition titled Spring, H 127, from April 2021, whose autograph came into the possession of the Bohuslav Martinů Institute in Prague more or less by chance. Just like most of the minor piano works and songs from the time of the composer's youth, it is dedicated to a woman, in this case, "To Miss M. Fialová". As regards its atmosphere, it is very similar to the somewhat older piano cycle Butterflies and Birds of Paradise, H 127, still fully anchored in the realm of Impressionism. 

Aleš Březina, Martinů / Jeux,  © 2008 Supraphon
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