{"title":"Happy Birthday, Bedřich Smetana!","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"smetana-polkas-barenreiter","title":"Smetana: Polkas","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Jan Novotný\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"edition-instrumentation\"\u003ePiano\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISMN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9790260103818\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e9.6\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e12.2\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 70\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUrtext \/ Critical Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe polka is to Bedrich Smetana a compositional form similar to the polonaise and mazurka to Chopin, or the waltz to the Strauss family. The artistic stylisation of the polka engaged the composer from his earliest attempts at composition, and he returned to it in his mature works.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorks:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTři salonní polky (3 Polkas de salon), JB 1:60, Op. 7\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTři poetické polky (3 Polkas poétiques), JB 1:61, Op. 8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 Polkas from the 1850s, JB 1:55-57, 1:63\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVzpomínky na Čechy ve formě polek (Souvenir de Bohême en forme de polkas), JB 1:76, Op. 12\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVzpomínky na Čechy ve formě polek (Souvenir de Bohême en forme de polkas), JB 1:77, Op. 13\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bärenreiter","offers":[{"title":"Default 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The impetus for the composition of this work for Smetana was probably the first series of Slavonic Dances by Antonin Dvořák.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume contains the four polkas composed in 1877, with which Smetana completed his stylisation of the polka in masterly fashion, together with ten folk dances from 1879.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorks:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eČeské tance 1: 4 Polky (Czech Dances I: 4 Polkas), JB 1:107\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eČeské tance 2 (Czech Dances II), JB 1:114, Op. 21\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bärenreiter","offers":[{"title":"Printed Edition","offer_id":41432020451516,"sku":"BA9507","price":40.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download","offer_id":46864662823100,"sku":"BA9507D","price":40.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/2823\/8524\/files\/6343289a701f9a4a4fca73524cf2d981.jpg?v=1780395287"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.barenreiter.us\/zh\/collections\/happy-birthday-bedrich-smetana.oembed","provider":"Barenreiter US","version":"1.0","type":"link"}