List of compositions by Bedřich Smetana
Below is a List of compositions by Bedřich Smetana sorted by genre, catalogue numbers, original and English titles. JB numbers are from Tematický katalog skladeb Bedřicha Smetany (Thematic Catalogue of Works by Bedřich Smetana) by Jiří Berkovec (Prague, 1999). B. numbers are from the catalogue by František Bartoš. T. numbers are from the 1893 catalogue by Karel Teige.
Genre | JB | B | T | Composition date | Czech title (original title) | English title | Key | Scoring | Notes |
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Opera | 1:87 | 124 | 90 | 1862–1863 | Braniboři v Čechách | The Brandenburgers in Bohemia | in 3 acts; libretto by Karel Sabina | ||
Opera | 1:100 | 131 | 93 | 1863–1866 | Prodaná nevěsta | The Bartered Bride (Die verkaufte Braut) | 4 versions; revised 1868–1869 (B. 137 and B. 140) and 1870; libretto by Karel Sabina | ||
Opera | 1:101 | 133 | 96 | 1865–1867 | Dalibor | Dalibor | in 3 acts; revised 1870; libretto by Josef Wenzig in Czech translation by Ervin Špindler | ||
Opera | 1:102 | 107 | 1869–1872 | Libuše | Libuše | in 3 acts; libretto by Josef Wenzig in Czech translation by Ervin Špindler | |||
Opera | 1:108 | 109 | 1873–1874 | Dvě vdovy | The Two Widows | in 2 acts; revised 1877; libretto by Emanuel Züngel, after Jean Pierre Félicien Mallefille's play Les deux veuves | |||
Opera | 1:104 | 115 | 1875–1876 | Hubička | The Kiss | in 2 acts; libretto by Eliška Krásnohorská after the novel by Karolina Světlá | |||
Opera | 1:110 | 118 | 1877–1878 | Tajemství | The Secret | in 3 acts; libretto by Eliška Krásnohorská | |||
Opera | 1:122 | 129 | 1879–1882 | Čertova stěna | The Devil's Wall | in 3 acts; libretto by Eliška Krásnohorská | |||
Opera | 2:48 | 133 | 1874 1883–1884 | Viola | Viola | fragment; libretto by Eliška Krásnohorská after Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night | |||
Orchestral | 1:10 | 31 | 12 | c.1842 | Minuet | Minuet | B-flat major | for orchestra | |
Orchestral | 1:11 | 32 | 14 | c.1842 | Kvapík bajadér / Galopp bajadérek | Bayadere Galop | C major | for orchestra | |
Orchestral | 1:39 | 63 | 46 | 1848–1849 | Velká předehra | Festive Overture (Jubel-Ouvertüre) | D major | for orchestra | Op. 4 |
Orchestral | 1:59 | 92 | 59 | 1853–1854 | Triumfální symfonie | Festive Symphony (Triumph-Symphonie) | E major | for orchestra | Op. 6; revised 1881 |
Orchestral | 1:70 | 106 | 74 | 1857–1858 | Richard III | Richard III | A minor | for orchestra | symphonic poem after the play by William Shakespeare; Op. 11 |
Orchestral | 1:72 | 111 | 79 | 1858–1859 | Valdštýnův tábor | Wallenstein's Camp | D major | for orchestra | symphonic poem; Op. 14; after the Wallenstein trilogy by Friedrich Schiller |
Orchestral | 1:79 | 118 | 82 | 1860–1861 | Hakon Jarl | Hakon Jarl | C minor | for orchestra | symphonic poem; Op. 16; after the tragic drama by Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger |
Orchestral | 1:85 | 123 | 91 | 1862 | Doktor Faust | Doctor Faust | for orchestra | overture to a puppet play | |
Orchestral | 1:86 | 125 | 49 | 1862–1863 | Našim děvám | To Our Girls | D major | for orchestra | polka; revised 1888 |
Orchestral | 1:88 | 127 | 94 | 1863 | Oldřich a Božena | Oldřich and Božena | for orchestra | overture to a puppet play | |
Orchestral | 1:90 | 129 | 95 | 1864 | Pochod k slavnosti Shakespearově | Solemn March for Shakespeare Celebrations | E major | for orchestra | Op. 20 |
Orchestral | 1:92 | 132 | 97 | 1867 | Fanfáry k Shakespearovu dramatu Richard III | Fanfares for Shakespeare's Richard III | for brass and timpani | ||
Orchestral | 1:95 | 136 | 102 | 1868 | Slavnostní předehra k položení základního kamene Národního Divadla | Solemn Prelude on the Occasion of Laying the Foundation Stone for the National Theatre | C major | for orchestra | |
Orchestral | 1:97 | 138 | 103 | 1869 | Rybář | The Fisherman | for harmonium, harp and string orchestra | ||
Orchestral | 1:98 | 139 | 104 | 1869 | Libušin soud | Libuše's Judgement | for orchestra | ||
Orchestral | 1:112 | 110 111 113 114 120 121 | 1872–1874 1874 1875 1875 1878 1879 | Má vlast
| My Country
| E-flat major E minor A minor G minor D minor D minor | for orchestra | Cycle of 6 symphonic poems | |
Orchestral | 1:115 | 123 | 1879 | Venkovanka | The Country Woman | G major | for orchestra | polka; also for piano | |
Orchestral | 1:126 | 135 | 1882–1883 | Pražský karneval: Introdukce a polonéza | The Prague Carnival | for orchestra | Introduction and Polonaise | ||
Chamber music | 1:12 | 35 | 16 | 1843 | Fantasie na českou národní píseň „Sil jsem proso“ | Fantasy on a Bohemian Song | G minor | for violin and piano | |
Chamber music | 1:64 | 96 | 64 | 1855 | Klavírní Trio | Piano Trio | G minor | for violin, cello and piano | Op. 15; revised 1857, B. 104 |
Chamber music | 1:105 | 116 | 1876 | Smyčcový kvartet č. 1 „Z mého života“ | String Quartet No.1 "From My Life" (Aus meinem Leben) | E minor | for 2 violins, viola and cello | ||
Chamber music | 1:118 | 128 | 1879–1880 | Z domoviny | From My Homeland (Aus der Heimat), 2 Pieces | A major G minor | for violin and piano | ||
Chamber music | 1:124 | 131 | 1882–1883 | Smyčcový kvartet č. 2 | String Quartet No.2 | D minor | for 2 violins, viola and cello | ||
Organ | 1:30 | 52 | 35 | 1846 | Šest preludií | 6 Preludes | C major C minor G major G minor D major F major | for organ | |
Piano | 2:1 | 3 | 1831–1832 | Kvapík | Galop | D major | for piano | ||
Piano | 1:1 | 12 | 4 | 1840 | Louisina Polka | Louisina Polka (Louise's Polka) | D major | for piano | |
Piano | 1:2 | 13 | 8 | 1840 | Jiřinková Polka | Georgina Polka (Dahlia Polka) | D major | for piano | |
Piano | 1:3 | 7 | 5 | 1840 | Galopp di bravoura | Galopp di bravoura | B-flat major | for piano | |
Piano | 1:4 | 22 | 6 | 1841 | Impromptu | Impromptu | E-flat minor | for piano | |
Piano | 1:5 | 23 | 7 | 1841 | Impromptu | Impromptu | B minor | for piano | |
Piano | 1:6 | 24 | 11 | 1842 | Impromptu | Impromptu | A-flat major | for piano | |
Piano | 1:7 | 28 | 13 | 1842? | Ouvertura | Overture | C minor | for piano 4-hands | |
Piano | 1:8 | 29 | 15 | 1842? | Ouvertura | Overture | A major | for piano 4-hands | |
Piano | 1:9 | 30 | c.1842 | „Ze studentského života“ Polka | From Student Life | C major | for piano | polka; revised 1858, B. 110 | |
Piano | 1:13 | 27 | 17 | c.1842 | Duo beze slov | Duo without Words (Duet) | E major | for piano | |
Piano | 1:14 | 33 | 18 | 1843 | Quadrille | Quadrille | B-flat major | for piano | |
Piano | 2:10 | 34 | 19 | 1843 | Skladba bez názvu (Rhapsodie) | Untitled Piece (Rhapsody) | A-flat major | for piano | |
Piano | 1:16 | 36 | 20 | 1843–1844 | Quadrille | Quadrille | F major | for piano | |
Piano | 1:15 | 38 | 21 | 1843–1844 | Skladba bez nadpisu (Mazurkové capriccio) | Untitled Piece (Mazurka-Capriccio) | C-sharp minor | for piano | |
Piano | 1:17 | 37 | 38 | 1843–1844 | „Vzpomínka na Plzeň“ Polka | Souvenir of Pilsen (Erinnerung an Pilsen) | E-flat major | for piano | polka |
Piano | 1:19 | 40 | 27 | 1844 | Bagately a impromptus
| Bagatelles and Impromptus (Bagatelles et impromptus)
| C major A minor G major E minor D major B minor A major F-sharp minor | for piano | Op. 6 |
Piano | 1:18 | 39 | 22 | 1844 | Valčíky | 5 Waltzes | C minor A-flat major E-flat major C minor A-flat major | for piano | |
Piano | 1:20 1:25 1:21 1:22 1:23 1:81 | 1844–1862 1844 1845 1845 1845 1845? 1862 | Šest lístků do památníku
| 6 Album Leaves
| B major E major C minor E-flat minor A-flat major C major | for piano | |||
Piano | 1:24 | 46 | 1845 | Pensée fugitive | Pensée fugitive | D minor | for piano | ||
Piano | A43 | 1845 | Pochod válečníků | March of the Soldiers | D major | for piano | |||
Piano | A50 | 1845 | Venkovský pochod | Rustic March | B-flat major | for piano | |||
Piano | A55 | 1845 | Triumfalní pochod | Triumphant March | E major | for piano | |||
Piano | 1:26 | 47 | 26 | 1845 | Skladba bez nadpisu | Untitled Piece | G minor | for 2 pianos 8-hands | |
Piano | 3:24 | A76 | 35 | 1846 | Klavírní sonáta | Piano Sonata | G minor | for piano | |
Piano | 1:28 | 50 | 37 | 1846 | Polka | Polka | E-flat major | for piano | |
Piano | 3:18 | A57 | 28 | 1846 | Etuda (ve formě preludia) | Étude in Prelude Form | C major | for piano | |
Piano | 3:18 | A58 | 28 | 1846 | Etuda (ve formě písně) | Étude in Song Form | A minor | for piano | |
Piano | A60 | 29 | 1846 | Charakteristické variace na českou píseň „Sil jsem proso“ | Variations on the Czech Song "Sil jsem proso" | G major | for piano | ||
Piano | 1:30 | 52 | 35 | 1846 | Šest preludií | 6 Preludes | for piano 4-hands | ||
Piano | 1:31 | 53 | 52 | 1847 1855 | Lesní city a dojmy: Nocturno | Forest Impressions and Emotions: Nocturne | F minor | for piano | |
Piano | 1:32 | 55 | 48 | 1847? | Allegro capriccioso | Allegro capriccioso | B minor | for piano | |
Piano | 1:33 | 54 | 1847? | Romance | Romance | B-flat major | for piano | revised 1883 | |
Piano | 1:34 | 56 | 1847–1848 | Charakteristická skladba | Character Piece (Morceau caractéristique) | C-flat major | for piano | ||
Piano | 1:35 | 57 | 44 | 1847–1848 | Šest charakteristických skladeb
| 6 Character Pieces
| C major C minor G major G minor D major D minor | for piano | Op. 1 |
Piano | 1:36 | 58 | 45a | 1848 | Pochod pražské studentské legie | March of the Prague Student Legion (Marsch der Prager Studenten-Legion) | F major | for piano | |
Piano | 1:37 | 59 | 45b | 1848 | Pochod národní gardy | National Guard March (Nationalgarde-Marsch) | D major | for piano | |
Piano | 2:17 | 62 | 42 | 1848 | Caprice | Caprice | G minor | for piano | |
Piano | 1:42 | 75 | 1848–1849 | Lístek do památníku | Album Leaf | G minor | for piano | ||
Piano | 1848–1850 | Lístek do památníku | Album Leaf | E-flat major | for piano | ||||
Piano | 1848–1852 | Lístek do památníku | Album Leaf | F-sharp minor | for piano | ||||
Piano | 1848–1852 | Lístek do památníku | Album Leaf | E major | for piano | ||||
Piano | 1848–1852 | Lístek do památníku | Album Leaf | G-sharp minor | for piano | ||||
Piano | 1:60 | 94 | 62 | 1848–1854 | Tři salonní polky | 3 Salon Polkas (3 Polkas de salon) | F-sharp major F minor E major | for piano | Op. 7 |
Piano | 1:66 | 101 | 68 | 1848–1857 | Črty 1
| Sketches I
| F-sharp minor B major A-flat major G-sharp minor | for piano | Op. 4 |
Piano | 1:67 | 102 | 68 | 1848–1857 | Črty 2
| Sketches II
| F-sharp major G-sharp minor D-flat major F minor | for piano | Op. 5 |
Piano | 1:44 | 64 | 41 | 1849 | Svatební scény
| Wedding Scenes
| C major A-flat major A major | for piano | |
Piano | 1:45 | 77 | Lístek do památníku | Album Leaf | A major | for piano | |||
Piano | 1:46 | 78 | Lístek do památníku | Album Leaf | B-flat major | for piano | |||
Piano | 1:47 | 70 | 47 | 1849 | Sonátová věta | Sonata Movement | E minor | for 2 pianos 8-hands | |
Piano | 1:48 | 72 | 50 | 1849–1850 | Poklad melodií [1]
| A Treasure of Melodies I (Trésor de mélodies I) | C major A minor G major | for piano | |
Piano | 1:49 | 71 | 1849–1850 | Poklad melodií [2]
| A Treasure of Melodies II (Trésor de mélodies II) | C major G major D major A major E major | for piano | ||
Piano | 1:51 | 86 | 53 | 1849–1850 | Šest lístků do památníku
| 6 Album Leaves | C major A minor G major E minor D major B minor | for piano | Op. 2 |
Piano | 1:65 | 100 | 67 | 1849–1850 | Tři lístky do památníku
| 3 Album Leaves
| E major A major F-sharp minor | for piano | Op. 3 |
Piano | 1:53 1:41 1:43 1:54 1:52 | 84 74 76 85 80 | 30 | 1849–1850 | Skladby psané do památníku
| Album Leaves
| B minor B-flat major G major B minor E-flat minor B-flat minor | for piano | |
Piano | 1:50 | 73 | 57 | 1850 | Rondo pro mládež | Rondo for the Young | C major | for 2 pianos 8-hands | |
Piano | 1:57 1:55 1:56 1:63 | 90 88 89 93 | 56 54 55 93 | 1852–1854 | Polky z let padesátých | 4 Polkas from the 1850s | E major G minor A major F minor | for piano | completed 1883 |
Piano | 1:61 | 95 | 63 | 1854 | Tři poetické polky | 3 Poetic Polkas (3 Polkas poétiques) | E-flat major G minor A-flat major | for piano | Op. 8 |
Piano | 1:62 | 97 | 65 | 1855? | Andante | Andante | E-flat major | for piano | |
Piano | 2:42 | D49 | 1857–1858 | Cid | Cid | for piano | incomplete | ||
Piano | 2:43 | 107 | 70 | 1858 | Balada | Ballade | E minor | for piano | incomplete |
Piano | 1:71 | 109 | 69 | 1858 | Vidění na plese (Polka-rhapsódie) | Ball-Vision | A minor | for piano | |
Piano | 1:71 | 109 | 1858 | Polka | Polka | C major | for piano | revision of Vidění na plese | |
Piano | 1:73 | 108 | 71 | 1858 | Scherzo-etuda | Scherzo-Étude | C major | for piano | original version of Concert Étude |
Piano | 1:69 | 105 | 72 | 1858 | Zvědavý, transkripce písně Franze Schuberta z cyklu Krásná mlynářka | Transcription of Schubert's Der Neugierige | B major | for piano | Op. 10; from Franz Schubert's song cycle Die schöne Müllerin |
Piano | 1:73 | 113 | 75 | 1858–1859 | Koncertní etuda | Concert Étude | C major | for piano | |
Piano | 1:75 | 112 | 80 | 1859 | Macbeth, skizza ke scéně „Macbeth a čarodějnice“ ze Shakespeara | Macbeth (Macbeth and the Witches) | G minor | for piano | after a scene from William Shakespeare's Macbeth |
Piano | 1:74 | 114 | 81 | 1859 | Bettina Polka | Bettina Polka | C major | for piano | version 1 |
Piano | 1:76 | 115 | 83 | 1859–1860 | Vzpomínky na Čechy ve formě polek | Souvenir de Bohême en forme de polkas | A minor E minor | for piano | Op. 12 |
Piano | 1:77 | 116 | 84 | 1859–1860 | Vzpomínky na Čechy ve formě polek | Souvenir de Bohême en forme de polkas | E minor E-flat major | for piano | Op. 13 |
Piano | 1:80 | 119 | 86 | 1861 | Na břehu mořském, (vzpomínka) koncertní etuda | On the Seashore, Concert Étude | G-sharp minor | for piano | Op. 17 |
Piano | 1:83 | 121 | 88 | 1862 | Koncertní fantasie na české národní písně | Fantasy on Czech Folksongs | B major | for piano | |
Piano | 100 | 1868 | Z Dalibora, Fantasie na temata z opery Dalibor | Fantasy on Themes from the Opera Dalibor | for piano | ||||
Piano | 108 | 1873 | Motivy z opery Dalibor, Potpourri | Potpourri, Themes from the Opera Dalibor | for piano | ||||
Piano | 1874 | Polka z Dvou vdov | Polka from The Two Widows | C major | for piano | ||||
Piano | 1:103 | 112 | 1874–1875 | Sny: Šest charakteristických skladeb
| Dreams (Rêves)
| E-flat major F minor A minor E major B minor G minor | for piano | ||
Piano | 1:107 | 112/1 | 1877 | České tance 1: 4 Polky | Czech Dances I: 4 Polkas | F-sharp minor A minor F major B-flat major | for piano | ||
Piano | 1:114 | 112/2 | 1879 | České tance 2
| Czech Dances II
| A minor B-flat major A-flat major C major G major D major A major E-flat major B major F major | for piano | Op. 21 | |
Piano | 1:115 | 123 | 1879 | „Venkovanka“ Polka | The Country Woman | G major | for piano | polka; also for orchestra | |
Piano | 1:117 | 125 | 1880 | Andante | Andante | F minor | for piano | ||
Piano | 1:121 | 130 | 1880 | Romance | Romance | G minor | for piano | ||
Piano | 1:74 | 114 | 81 | 1883 | Bettina Polka | Bettina Polka | C major | for piano | version 2 |
Piano | Dvojitá fuga | Two-voice Fugue | for piano | ||||||
Piano | Třihlasá fuga | Three-voice Fugue | for piano | ||||||
Piano | Čtyřhlasá fuga | Four-voice Fugue | for piano | ||||||
Piano | 4:4 | 103 | 85 | 1857, 1872 | Cadenzas to Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 | for piano | |||
Piano | 4:1 | 98 | 1856 | Cadenzas to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, KV466 | for piano | ||||
Piano | 4:2 | 99 | 1856? | Cadenza to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, KV491 | for piano | ||||
Piano | 4:3 | 130 | 1864? | Cadenzas to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, KV595 | for piano | ||||
Piano | Fragments and Sketches | for piano | |||||||
Choral | 1846 | Jesu meine Freude | Chorale | ||||||
Choral | 1846 | Ich hoffe auf den Herrn | Fugue | ||||||
Choral | 1846 | Lobet den Herrn | Introduction and Fugue | ||||||
Choral | 1846 | Heilig ist der Herr Zebaoth | |||||||
Choral | A77 | 1846 | Scapulis suis obumbrabit tibi dominus | for chorus, horns, strings and organ | |||||
Choral | A78 | 1846 | Medtabitur in mandatis tuis | for chorus, horns, strings and organ | |||||
Choral | 1:38 | 60 | 1848 | Píseň svobody | Song of Liberty | for male chorus and piano | |||
Choral | 1:78 | 117 | 1860 | Píseň česká | Czech Song | for male chorus or mixed chorus | |||
Choral | 1:84 | 122 | 89 | 1862 | Tři jezdci | The Three Riders | for male chorus | ||
Choral | 1:89 | 126 | 92 | 1863 | Odrodilec | The Renegade | for male chorus | revised 1864, JB 1:91 | |
Choral | 1:94 | 135 | 99 | 1868 | Rolnická | Farmer's Song (The Peasant) | for male chorus | ||
Choral | 1:96 | 101 | 1868 | Česká píseň | Czech Song | for chorus and piano or orchestra | revised 1878, JB 1:111 | ||
Choral | 1:99 | 106 | 1870 | Slavnostní sbor | Festive Chorus | for male chorus | |||
Choral | 1:106 | 117 | 1876–1877 | Píseň na moři | The Song of the Sea | for male chorus | |||
Choral | 1:109 | 119 | 1878 | Tři ženské sbory
| 3 Female Choruses
| for female chorus | |||
Choral | 1:119 | 126 | 1880 | Věno | The Dower | for male chorus | |||
Choral | 1:120 | 127 | 1880 | Modlitba | Prayer | for male chorus | |||
Choral | 1:123 | 132 | 1882 | Dvě hesla | 2 Slogans (2 Mottos) | for male chorus | |||
Choral | 1:125 | 134 | 1883 | Naše píseň | Our Song | for male chorus | |||
Vocal | 3:25 | A70 | 32 | 1846 | Pohled mé dívky | for voice and piano | |||
Vocal | 3:25 | A71 | 33 | 1846 | Sbohem! | Farewell! | for voice and piano | ||
Vocal | 1:27 | 49 | 34 | 1846 | Bolest odloučení | for voice and piano | |||
Vocal | 1:29 | 51 | 40 | 1846 | Vyzvání | for voice and piano | |||
Vocal | 1:53 | 91 | 58 | 1853 | Jaro lásky | for voice and piano | |||
Vocal | 1:93 | 134 | 98 | 1867 | O Gustave, můj králi | for voice and piano | |||
Vocal | 1:116 | 124 | 1879 | Večerní písně
| Evening Songs
| for voice and piano | words by Vítězslav Hálek |
See also
References
- Festival Smetana Litomyšl
- Classical Archives
- Studio Matouš – Smetana
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List of compositions
- The Brandenburgers in Bohemia (1863)
- The Bartered Bride (1866)
- Dalibor (1868)
- Libuše (1872)
- The Two Widows (1874)
- The Kiss (1876)
- The Secret (1878)
- The Devil's Wall (1882)
- Viola (1884, incomplete)
- Hakon Jarl (1860–61)
- Má vlast (1872–79)
- String Quartet No. 1 (1876)
- String Quartet No. 2 (1882–83)
- The Bartered Bride (1932 film)
- Dalibor (1956 film)
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Audio