Vocal duets - Antonín Dvořák

 

 

Moravské dvojzpĕvy (Moravian duets) (op. 20, 32, 38 and without opus number)

I refer to the Critical Edition (Bärenreiter Editio Supraphon Praha, H337, 1962) for the grouping and opus numbers. Opus 29 comprised five songs which are now included in opus 32.

Op.20 (soprano and tenor)
1. Promĕny (Destined)
2. Rozloučení (The parting)
3. Chudoba (The silken band)
4. Vuře šohaj, vuře (The last wish)

Op.32 (soprano and alto)
1. A já ti uplynu (From thee now I must go)
2. Velet, vtáčku (Fly, sweet songster)
3. Dyby byla kosa nabróšená (The slighted heart)
4. V dobrým sme se sešli (Parting without sorrow)
5. Slavíkovský polečko malý (The pledge of love)
6. Holub na javoře (Forsaken)
7. Voda a pláč (Sad of heart)
8. Skromná (The modest maid)
9. Prsten (The ring)
10. Zelenaj se, zelenaj (Omens)
11. Zajatá (The maid imprisoned)
12. Neveta (Comfort)
13. Sípek (The wild rose)

Zivot vojenský (The soldier’s farewell) (soprano and alto)

Op.38 (soprano and alto)
1. Možnost (Hoping in vain)
2. Jablko (Greeting from afar)
3. Věneček (The crown)
4. Hoře (The smart)

A tej našej střeše (There on our roof) (soprano and alto)

Other duets (few or no details)

Detská písen (Children's song) (unaccompanied duet)

Russian folk-duets with piano.
- The birch-tree
- The country-duckling
- Cherry-trees

 

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