Gypsy Songs, Op.55 (Dvořák, Antonín)

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Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Performers Jennifer Johnson Cano (mezzo-soprano), Christopher Cano (piano)
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For Voice and Piano (Valls)

Performer Pages Héctor Valls (Piano)
Publisher Info. Héctor Valls
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Misc. Notes Piano accompaniment only.
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Publisher Info. Tama2018, 2020.
Performers midi
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Language German / English / Czech
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, n.d.[ca.1881]. Plate 8219.
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Misc. Notes Modern commercial reprint with all publication information removed. This issue with Czech text came out immediately after the original.
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Language German / English / Czech
Publisher. Info. Hamburg/London: N. Simrock, No.1065, 1909. Plate 12583.
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Misc. Notes Original images: ca.300dpi, grayscale jp2 files approx. 2770 by 3690 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins.
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Když mne stará matka (No.4)

Language German / English
Translator Natalia Macfarren (1826–1916), English text
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, n.d.[ca.1899]. Plate 15073.
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Language German / English
Translator Isabella Graham Parker (1839–1904), English text
Natalia Macfarren (1826–1916), English text (alternative)
Publisher. Info. Songs with English and German Texts
Philadelphia: Oliver Ditson Company, 1902. Plate ML-89-2.
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For Voice and Wind Band (Holgersson)
Arranger Hans-Erik Holgersson
Publisher. Info. Hans-Erik Holgersson
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For Voice and Strings (Peters)

Songs My Mother Taught Me (No.4)

For Theater Orchestra (Krauschaar)

9 more: Oboe • Clarinet 1, 2 (A) • Bassoon • Horn 1, 2 (F) • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Arranger Charles Krauschaar (1868–1957)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A2796.
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9 more: Oboe • Clarinet 1, 2 (A) • Bassoon • Horn 1, 2 (F) • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Arranger Charles Krauschaar (1868–1957)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A9036.
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Misc. Notes Parts are 10x13 scan. D major transcription.
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For Voice and Piano Quartet or Quintet (Déjardin)
For Male Chorus (Smith)
Arranger Frank J. Smith (fl. 1882-1903)
Publisher. Info. Arthur P. Schmidt's Octavo Edition: Men's Voices, No.271
Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt, 1928. Plate A.P.S. 5274-1.
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For Flute and Piano (Tokumei)
Arranger Taro Tokumei (b. 1960)
Publisher. Info. Taro Tokumei, 2020.
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For Violin and Piano (Kreisler)
See: Slavonic Fantasies
Arranger Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
Publisher. Info. London: N. Simrock, n.d.(1929).
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For Violin and Piano (Persinger)
Arranger Louis Persinger (1887–1966)
Publisher. Info. New York: Carl Fischer, 1917. Plate 19858.
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For Violin and Piano (Powell)
Arranger Maud Powell (1867–1920)
Publisher. Info. New York: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1917.
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For Cello and Piano (Grünfeld)
Arranger Heinrich Grünfeld (1855–1931)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, 1906. Plate 12157.
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For Cello and Piano (Kreisler-Limsky)
Arranger Lev Limsky (a.k.a. Lev Semyonovich Yerusalimsky) (???)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzyka, n.d.[ca.1937]. Plate 15553.
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Misc. Notes First part of Fritz Kreisler's 1911-14 Slavonic Fantasy, arranged for cello and piano.
Also called Melody or Gypsy Song "Limsky" possibly an alias of Kreisler's?
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For Cello and Piano (Sandby)
Arranger Herman Sandby (1881–1965)
Publisher. Info. Boston: The Boston Music Company, 1916. Plate B.M.Co. 5332.
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For Piano (Laistner)
Arranger Max Laistner (1853–1917)
Publisher. Info. London: N. Simrock, n.d.(1913).
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For Piano (Schütt)
Arranger Eduard Schütt (1856–1933)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, 1921. Plate 13880.
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General Information

Work Title Gypsy Songs
Alternative. Title Cigánské melodie ; Zigeunermelodien
Composer Dvořák, Antonín
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.55 ; B.104
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IAD 25
Key see below
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 7 songs:
  1. Má píseň zas mi láskou zní / My song rings out with love again
  2. Aj! Kterak trojhranec můj / Hey, how my triangle
  3. A les je tichý kolem kol / The woods are silent all around
  4. Když mne stará matka / Songs my mother taught me
  5. Struna naladěna / Now the string is tuned, lad
  6. Široké rukávy / Flowing sleeves and trousers
  7. Dejte klec jestřábu / Give the hawk a cage
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1880 (January 18-February 23)
First Performance. 1881 (February 4) in Vienna (Nos.1,3) [more...]
Gustav Walter (voice)
Unknown (piano)

First Publication. 1880 - Berlin: N. Simrock (Monatsbericht (1880), p.307), Plate 8171.
Librettist Adolf Heyduk (1835–1923)
Language Czech
Dedication Gustav Walter
Average DurationAvg. Duration 14 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voice, piano
External Links antonin-dvorak.cz
The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive
Wikipedia (Songs My Mother Taught Me)
Extra Information Heyduk translated his own Czech poems into German. Dvorák set them for the tenor at the Viennese Court Opera, Gustav Walter, in German, and for publication in his own country, with slight alterations only, in Czech.