Hussite Overture
The Hussite Overture (Czech: Husitská, dramatická ouvertura), Op. 67, B. 132, was written by by Antonín Dvořák in 1883 at the request of the Committee for the Completion of the Prague National Theater[1].
The composition was originally intended as a musical introduction to a planned trilogy set in the Hussite era, written by the director of the National Theatre, Frantisek Adolf Subert. The latter, however, did not realize this objective and so the Hussite Overture was performed for the first time at a gala concert held on the day the theater was reopened to the public on 18 November 1883.
The overture is scored for 1 piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 1 English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, timpani, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, harp, violins, violas, cellos, double basses.
In addition to the orchestra version[2], Dvořák have also arranged the overture for piano 4 hands (B.511)[3].
- ^ http://www.antonin-dvorak.cz/en/hussite-overture
- ^ http://www.piano-4-hands.com/orchestra-in-four-hands/orchestra-and-piano-duet/Antonin-Dvorak-Hussite-Overture-Op-67/
- ^ http://www.piano-4-hands.com/orchestra-in-four-hands/orchestra-and-piano-duet/Antonin-Dvorak-Hussite-Overture-Op-67-4-hands-Antonin-Dvorak/