General information
Title CZZ pohádek Andersenových
Subtitle CZšest klavírních kusů
Title ENFrom Andersen’s Fairy-Tales
Subtitle ENsix piano pieces
Title DEAus Andersens Märchen
Subtitle DEsechs Klavierstücke
CategoryWorks for Keyboards
SubcategoryPiano
Halbreich number42
Parts of the composition (movements)1. Polonaise 2. Intermezzo 3. without title 4. Barcarolle 5. Arabeske 6. Valse mignonne
InstrumentsPf
Origin
Place of compositionPolička
Year of origin1912
Initiation of composition01.01.1912
Completion of composition07.01.1912
First performance
Autograph deposition
Owner of the sourceCentrum Bohuslava Martinů v Poličce
Note on the autograph depostitionDrafts deposited at the Bohuslav Martinů Centre in Polička as well.
Autograph deposition 2
Owner of the sourceCentrum Bohuslava Martinů v Poličce
Copyright
CopyrightBärenreiter Praha
Sources
References Related writings
Documents in the Library
Note Title of the 6th part in the draft Ad 153: Valse mignone [sic!].
About the composition

Martinů wrote two youthful sets with titles evoking the notion of fairy-tales, Pohádka o Zlatovlásce (A Fairy-Tale of Goldilocks, H 28), composed in 1910, and Z pohádek Andersenových (From Andersen's Fairy-Tales, H 42), subtitled Six piano pieces, from 1912.

From Andersen’s Fairy Tales (Z pohádek Andersenových, H 42) written quite possibly for didactic purposes, seems less typical of Martinů than the earlier Goldilocks. The Polonaise, Intermezzo, and Novelette are somewhat ordinary, the following Barcarolle, Arabesque, and Valse mignone [sic] are the more interesting half. While specific tales of Hans Christian Andersen are not mentioned, other autograph sources relate the movements to the days of the week, and either represent only six days (Monday to Saturday) or include the unfinished torso of a possible seventh 'Sunday' movement titled Legenda.

The recording of the composition was released for the first time by Naxos in 2009 (Martinů: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 7 – A Fairy-Tale of Goldilocks, From Andersen's Fairy-Tales; Giorgio Koukl).

Mark Gresham and Cary Lewis, Martinů: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 7 – A Fairy-Tale of Goldilocks, From Andersen's Fairy-Tales; Giorgio Koukl).

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