General information
Title CZČtyři písně o Marii [auth.]
Subtitle CZpro smíšený sbor [auth.]
Title ENFour Songs About Mary
Subtitle ENfor mixed chorus
Title DEVier Marienlieder
Subtitle DEfür gemischte Chor
Title FRQuatre chants de Marie
CategoryVocal Music
SubcategoryChoir a Cappella
Halbreich number235
Author of lyrics/libretto - Lidový text, Folk lyrics
Sušil, František
Parts of the composition (movements)1. Annunciation; 2. Dream; 3. Virgin Mary's Breakfast; 4. Virgin Mary's Picture
Durata11'
InstrumentsSATB
Diplomatic transcription of the dedicationPěveckému sboru | Vinohradskému Hlaholu.
Note on the dedicationDedicated to Vinohradský Hlahol Choir.
Origin
Place of compositionParis
Year of origin1934
Initiation of composition1933
Completion of composition17.01.1934
First performance
Performer Šejna, Karel
Date of the first performance12.04.1935
Location of the first performancePrague
Note on the first performanceKarel Šejna (cond.)
Ensemble Vinohradský Hlahol
Vinohradský Hlahol
Autograph deposition
Owner of the sourceArchiv Zdeňka Zouhara
Copyright
CopyrightTempo, Prague
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Editions
Tempo, Prague, 1993
Call number at the BM Institute: 1041,a
Specification of the edition: 1st edition
Details of this edition
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Note Moravian folk-songs lyrics (from Sušil's collection).
Martinů probably began the composition already on Christmas 1933 in Polička (source: Zdeněk Zouhar, preface to the edition by Tempo, Prague 1933).
Lyrics of the song No. 1 were set to music again in the oper Miracles of Mary, H 236 (3rd Act, The Nativity) Lyrics of the song No. 2 were used again for the music of Songs on One Page, H 294 (No. 6, The Dream of Virgin Mary). Variation of the lyrics of the song No. 3 became a model for the first of Three Sacred Songs, H 339 (Lord's Birth).
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