General information
Title CZMám staré parky rád
Title ENI Like Old Parks
Title DEIch liebe alte Parks
CategoryVocal Music
SubcategoryWorks for Solo Voice and Piano
Halbreich number79
Author of lyrics/libretto Borecký, Jaromír
InstrumentsV Pf
Origin
Place of compositionPrague
Year of origin1912
Initiation of composition1912
Completion of composition02.04.1912
First performance
Autograph deposition
Owner of the sourceČeské muzeum hudby
Note on the autograph depostitionDraft located at the Bohuslav Martinů Centre in Polička.
Copyright
CopyrightCopyright free
Sources
References Related writings
Documents in the Library
Note Title in the autograph score: "Píseň" [The Song].
Incipit "Mám staré parky rád" [I Like Old Parks].
About the composition

I Love Old Parks, (Mám staré parky rád, H 79, from 1912) is among the most attractive and unforced of all Martinů’s songs, its laconic text (of Jaromír Borecký, 1869–1951) telling of a need to seize life (and love) while one can. The recording of the composition was released for the first time by Naxos in 2014 (Martinů: Songs, Vol. 2 – The Months; Jana Wallingerová, Giorgio Koukl).

Richard Whitehouse, Martinů: Songs, Vol. 2 – The Months, Naxos 2014

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