From My Native Land, Bedrich Smetana. Two Duets for Violin and Piano

BEDRICH SMETANA
From My Native Land - Two Duets for Violin and Piano
Milan Pospísil (Editor)
Michael Schneidt (Fingering)
Ernst Schliephake (Fingering and bowing for Violin)
 
Urtext Edition, paperbound
Violin and Piano
Unmarked part on demand
Pages 30 (V+19+6), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm
Weight 127 g
HN 756 · ISMN 979-0-2018-0756-0

They are in a light style, intended more for use in the home than for concert performance. Thus Smetana described these two duets in which he memorialised his Bohemian homeland. It is a fact, though scarcely believable, that Smetana had by this time already been deaf for two years. The pieces were popular from the outset: Smetana was able to demand a high price for them, and even to play off several aspiring publishers against each other. The duets are not technically over-demanding, and attract by means of their joyful character and powerful melodies.

I Moderato
II Andantino