Dvě vdovy, JB 1:108 (Smetana, Bedřich)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 acts
Composition Year 1873–74, revised 1877, 1882
Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; [8 more...]Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Czech language; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

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 Act I
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 Act II
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Publisher. Info. Prague: Společnost Bedřicha Smetany, (1950). Plate SBS 7
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Misc. Notes 600 dpi
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Ballet Music

Publisher. Info. Berlin: Bote & Bock, n.d.(ca.1882). Plate 12695.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A5797.
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Ballet Music

⇒ 14 more: Oboe 1, 2 • Clarinet 1, 2 (C) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2 (F), 3, 4 (C) • Trumpet 1, 2 (C) • Trombone 1, 2, 3 • Timpani • Triangle • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos I • Cellos II • Basses

Publisher. Info. Berlin: Bote & Bock, n.d.(ca.1882). Plate 12696.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A5797.
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Vocal Scores

Language German / Czech
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Bote & Bock, 1893. Plates 13600, 13864.
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Arranger Josef Zubatý (1855–1931), piano reduction
Editor Otakar Šourek (1883–1956)
Language Czech
Publisher. Info. Prague: Umělecká Beseda, 1914. Plate U.B.66.
Reprinted Prague:Hudební matice, 1949. Plate H.M.66.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Piano (Zubatý)
Arranger Josef Zubatý (1855–1931)
Editor Otakar Šourek (1883–1956)
Publisher. Info. Prague: Umělecká Beseda, 1914. Plate U.B. 66.
Reprinted Prague: Hudební matice, 1949. Plate H.M. 66.
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Misc. Notes Extracted from the vocal score.
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Polka (Act III)

For Piano
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Bote & Bock, n.d.(ca.1893). Plate 13864
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General Information

Work Title The Two Widows
Alternative. Title Dvě vdovy ; Zwei Witwen
Composer Smetana, Bedřich
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. JB 1:108 ; T.109
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IBS 69
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1873–74, revised 1877, 1882
First Performance. 1874-03-27 in Prague, Provisional Theatre.
First Publication. 1914 (vocal score), 1950 (full score)
Librettist Emanuel František Züngel (1840–1895)
after Félicien Mallefille (1813–1868)
Language Czech
Average DurationAvg. Duration 125 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation solo voices, mixed chorus, orchestra
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Cast

  • Caroline, a young widow — soprano
  • Agnes, her sister, also a young widow — soprano
  • Ladislaus, a landowner — tenor
  • Mumlal — bass
  • Tomík, a gardener — tenor
  • Lidka, his fiancée, a chamber girl — soprano
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