Composition: Evening Songs, B.61 (Dvořák, Antonín)

Title	Evening Songs
Alternative title	Vecerní pisné ; Abendlieder
Creators	Antonín Dvořák (composer) and Vítězslav Hálek (librettist)
Opus	B.61 (Nos.1–12)
Instrumentation	voice and piano
Number of movements	12
Keys	—
Composed	1876
First published	1880
Dedication	Josef Lev
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Average duration (sec)	1680
Number of measures	—
Composition types	Songs
Language	Czech
Period	Romantic
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Title click for details	Metronome	Key	Measures
Ty hvězdičky tam na nebi/The stars that twinkle in the sky. Andante	—	—	—
Mně zdálo se žes umřela/I dreamed that you were dead. Andante con moto	—	—	—
Já jsem ten rytíř z pohádky/I am that fairy-tale knight. Allegro	—	—	—
Když Bůh byl nejvíc rozkochán/When God was in a happy mood. Andante	—	—	—
Umlklo stromů šumění/The soughing of the trees has ceased. Moderato	—	—	—
Přilítlo jaro z daleka/The spring came flying from afar. Allegro	—	—	—
Když jsem se díval do nebe/When I was looking to the sky. Allegro	—	—	—
Vy malí, drobní ptáčkové/You little, tiny birds. Allegretto	—	—	—
Jsem jako lípa košatá/I am like a lavish linden tree. Allegretto con grazia	—	—	—
Vy všichni, kdo jste stísněni/All ye who are oppressed. Andante	—	—	—
Ten ptáček, ten se nazpívá/A bird sings many a song. Allegro scherzando	—	—	—
Tak jak ten měsíc v nebes báň/Like the moon dwells in heaven.	—	—	—

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Details	Section	Type	Publisher	Date	File
view	Complete	—	—	—	Nos.1 to 3 (Op.3/1-3) · view
view	Complete	—	—	—	Nos.7 to 11 (Op.31) · view

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