General information
Title CZLabutě [auth.]
Title ENThe Swans
Title DEDie Schwäne
CategoryVocal Music
SubcategoryWorks for Solo Voice and Piano
Halbreich number78
Author of lyrics/libretto Nebeský, Jan
InstrumentsV Pf
Origin
Year of origin1912
Initiation of composition1912
Completion of composition1912
First performance
Autograph deposition
Note on the autograph depostitionAutograph missing. Only sketch held by the Bohuslav Martinů Centre in Polička.
Copyright
CopyrightCopyright free
Sources
References Related writings
Documents in the Library
Note Lyrics by Jan z Wojkowicz (pseudonym of Jan Nebeský).
Composed probably in 1912.
About the composition

A sketch for the song The Swans (Labutě, H 78) is preserved in the Second Book of Sketches of Vocal and Piano Compositions 1912 (M 006a-k/D). Here Martinů notes primarily a sketch of the vocal melody, which he planned to underline with the text of the poem The Swans Wailed from the collection Království snu by Jan z Wojkowicz – the pseudonym of Jan Nebesky (1880–1944).

Jana Burdová, 2024

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