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It was premiered in <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a> in on December 4, 1898, with <a href="/wiki/Gustav_Mahler" title="Gustav Mahler">Gustav Mahler</a> conducting the <a href="/wiki/Vienna_Philharmonic" title="Vienna Philharmonic">Vienna Philharmonic</a>, and was later published in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> in 1899. Unlike Dvořák's other symphonic poems, this work is not based upon a specific text, and it may have been intended to be autobiographical. The piece is mostly energetic and triumphant, but it includes a slower section containing a <a href="/wiki/Funeral_march" title="Funeral march">funeral march</a>. A typical performance lasts approximately 22 minutes. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Instrumentation">Instrumentation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Hero%27s_Song&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Instrumentation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The symphonic poem is scored for an orchestra of two <a href="/wiki/Western_concert_flute" title="Western concert flute">flutes</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Oboe" title="Oboe">oboes</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Clarinet" title="Clarinet">clarinets</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Bassoon" title="Bassoon">bassoons</a>, four <a href="/wiki/French_horn" title="French horn">horns</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Trumpet" title="Trumpet">trumpets</a>, three <a href="/wiki/Trombone" title="Trombone">trombones</a>, one <a href="/wiki/Tuba" title="Tuba">tuba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timpani" title="Timpani">timpani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bass_drum" title="Bass drum">bass drum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cymbal" title="Cymbal">cymbals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Triangle_(musical_instrument)" title="Triangle (musical instrument)">triangle</a> and <a href="/wiki/String_section" title="String section">strings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-antonin-dvorak.cz_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-antonin-dvorak.cz-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The piece's instrumentation is significant because it lacks <a href="/wiki/Harp" title="Harp">harp</a>, unusual <a href="/wiki/Percussion" class="mw-redirect" title="Percussion">percussion</a>, and nonstandard <a href="/wiki/Woodwinds" class="mw-redirect" title="Woodwinds">woodwinds</a> – a simpler orchestra than most of Dvořák's other orchestral works. This is because the piece does not attempt to convey a story, but merely portrays two contrasting moods: despair (during the <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lacrimoso" class="extiw" title="wikt:lacrimoso">lacrimosa</a> section) and triumph.<sup id="cite_ref-Hurwitz_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hurwitz-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Hero%27s_Song&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dvorak_Antonin_rodina_USA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Dvorak_Antonin_rodina_USA.jpg/220px-Dvorak_Antonin_rodina_USA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Dvorak_Antonin_rodina_USA.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="295" data-file-height="328" /></a><figcaption>Antonín Dvořák (right) with friends and family in New York in 1893, four years before he composed <i>A Hero's Song</i></figcaption></figure> <p><i>A Hero's Song</i> was Dvořák's last orchestral work and the final of his <a href="/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn_Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k#Symphonic_poems" title="Antonín Dvořák">five symphonic poems</a>, the others being <i><a href="/wiki/The_Water_Goblin" title="The Water Goblin">The Water Goblin</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Noon_Witch" title="The Noon Witch">The Noon Witch</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Golden_Spinning_Wheel_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="The Golden Spinning Wheel (Dvořák)">The Golden Spinning Wheel</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wild_Dove" title="The Wild Dove">The Wild Dove</a></i> (Opp. 107–110).<sup id="cite_ref-Hurwitz_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hurwitz-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also the last instance of him writing purely instrumental music, as he dedicated himself to vocal and operatic works after its completion.<sup id="cite_ref-antonin-dvorak.cz_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-antonin-dvorak.cz-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He began working on the piece on August 4, 1897, immediately after revising the third act of his opera <a href="/wiki/The_Jacobin" title="The Jacobin">The Jacobin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-antonin-dvorak.cz_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-antonin-dvorak.cz-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The work was completed in three months, during which time Dvořák lived at his summer residence in his hometown of <a href="/wiki/P%C5%99%C3%ADbram" title="Příbram">Příbram</a>, and spent time at his chateau of the patron <a href="/wiki/Josef_Hl%C3%A1vka" title="Josef Hlávka">Josef Hlávka</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lu%C5%BEany_(Plze%C5%88-South_District)" title="Lužany (Plzeň-South District)">Lužany</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-antonin-dvorak.cz_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-antonin-dvorak.cz-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The piece was completed on October 25 of the same year, and was published in 1899 by <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Simrock" title="Fritz Simrock">Fritz Simrock</a> in Berlin.<sup id="cite_ref-Oxford_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oxford-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The symphonic poem coincidentally anticipated <a href="/wiki/Richard_Strauss" title="Richard Strauss">Richard Strauss</a>'s similar tone poem <i><a href="/wiki/Ein_Heldenleben" title="Ein Heldenleben">Ein Heldenleben</a></i> (<i>A Hero's Life</i>), which was composed a year later.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In fact, Dvořák originally intended to title the piece <i>A Hero's Life</i>, a name which had been suggested to him by his pupil <a href="/wiki/V%C3%ADt%C4%9Bzslav_Nov%C3%A1k" title="Vítězslav Novák">Vítězslav Novák</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Honolka_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Honolka-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The work was premiered by the Vienna Philharmonic on December 4, 1898,<sup id="cite_ref-antonin-dvorak.cz_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-antonin-dvorak.cz-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> conducted by Gustav Mahler, a friend and supporter of Dvořák.<sup id="cite_ref-Honolka_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Honolka-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mahler wrote to Dvořák before the premiere, "I have just received your second work 'The Hero's Song' and, as with [<i>The Wild Dove</i>], am quite enchanted with it."<sup id="cite_ref-Sourek_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sourek-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 209">: 209 </span></sup> Dvořák was present at the premier and had planned to conduct it himself with the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Philharmonic" title="Berlin Philharmonic">Berlin Philharmonic</a> on November 14, 1899, but cancelled his plans due to a sudden <a href="/wiki/Nervous_breakdown" class="mw-redirect" title="Nervous breakdown">nervous breakdown</a> – in Dvořák's words, "I was so indisposed that I had to leave Berlin with my wife without even seeing Simrock."<sup id="cite_ref-Sourek_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sourek-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 210–211">: 210–211 </span></sup> The piece had been performed the previous day, conducted by <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Nikisch" title="Arthur Nikisch">Arthur Nikisch</a>. It was also performed in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leipzig" title="Leipzig">Leipzig</a> in October and November 1899.<sup id="cite_ref-antonin-dvorak.cz_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-antonin-dvorak.cz-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dvořák was finally able to personally conduct the piece in <a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a> in December of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-Sourek_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sourek-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 210–211">: 210–211 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music">Music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Hero%27s_Song&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dvořák often adapted <a href="/wiki/Bohemia" title="Bohemia">Bohemian</a> folklore for his compositions, and his <a href="/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn_Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k#Symphonic_poems" title="Antonín Dvořák">previous four</a> symphonic poems were based on actual poems by the <a href="/wiki/Czechs" title="Czechs">Czech</a> poet <a href="/wiki/Karel_Jarom%C3%ADr_Erben" title="Karel Jaromír Erben">Karel Jaromír Erben</a>, especially Erben's collection of <a href="/wiki/Ballads" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballads">ballads</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Kytice" title="Kytice">Kytice</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Haase_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haase-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>A Hero's Song</i> broke away from this pattern of <a href="/wiki/Program_music" title="Program music">programmatic</a> symphonic works, as Dvořák did not specify a specific accompanying text,<sup id="cite_ref-All_Music_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-All_Music-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he only roughly outlined its plot in a later letter.<sup id="cite_ref-Oxford_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oxford-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lack of a fixed programme has been hypothesized as a reason for its relative neglect when compared to Dvořák's other <a href="/wiki/Symphony" title="Symphony">symphonic</a> works.<sup id="cite_ref-All_Music_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-All_Music-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has also been suggested that the work was intended to be autobiographical,<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an unusual approach for Dvořák.<sup id="cite_ref-antonin-dvorak.cz_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-antonin-dvorak.cz-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was Dvořák's only symphonic poem that pursued <a href="/wiki/Franz_Liszt" title="Franz Liszt">Franz Liszt</a>'s idealized view of the genre, as Dvořák's other four works were based on eerie subjects not appropriate to <a href="/wiki/Symphonic_poems_(Liszt)" title="Symphonic poems (Liszt)">Liszt's conception</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Oxford_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oxford-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>A Hero's Song</i> is musically structured like a four-<a href="/wiki/Movement_(music)" title="Movement (music)">movement</a> symphony, beginning with an <i>allegro con fuoco</i>, transitioning to a slow <i>poco adagio lacrimosa</i>, then including a <a href="/wiki/Scherzo" title="Scherzo">scherzo</a> and concluding with a <a href="/wiki/Coda_(music)" title="Coda (music)">coda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-antonin-dvorak.cz_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-antonin-dvorak.cz-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The piece is based on a short, energetic theme in <a href="/wiki/B-flat_minor" title="B-flat minor">B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> minor</a> played in the <a href="/wiki/Viola" title="Viola">violas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cello" title="Cello">cellos</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Double_bass" title="Double bass">basses</a> at the start of the piece. </p> <div class="center"><div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="//upload.wikimedia.org/score/2/8/28mc2fvzyr0mvimchxykw3k4hn00ie4/28mc2fvz.midi"><img 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Following this, a slow section is marked by quiet music which symbolizes the hero's grief.<sup id="cite_ref-All_Music_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-All_Music-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It includes a <a href="/wiki/Funeral_march" title="Funeral march">funeral march</a>, a musical form Dvořák also used in his <a href="/wiki/Requiem_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Requiem (Dvořák)">Requiem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stabat_Mater_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Stabat Mater (Dvořák)">Stabat Mater</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Piano_Quintet_No._2_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Piano Quintet No. 2 (Dvořák)">Piano Quintet No. 2</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Beckerman_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beckerman-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hero recovers from his grief as the mood of the music gradually brightens and goes into <a href="/wiki/B-flat_major" title="B-flat major">B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> major</a>, leading into the dance-like scherzo. Finally, the triumph of the hero is represented by the victorious coda.<sup id="cite_ref-All_Music_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-All_Music-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The piece has a run time of approximately 22 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-antonin-dvorak.cz_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-antonin-dvorak.cz-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although it is much less popular than Dvořák's other symphonic poems, <i>A Hero's Song</i> has been described as "an uninhibited outpouring of joyous energy"<sup id="cite_ref-Hurwitz_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hurwitz-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "musically as rich as its siblings written one year earlier", while its lacrimosa section is "full of sadness and longing."<sup id="cite_ref-All_Music_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-All_Music-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its character has been described as "a variation on <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven" title="Ludwig van Beethoven">Beethoven</a>'s style,"<sup id="cite_ref-Honolka_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Honolka-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mahler's slight influence has been noted in the funeral march,<sup id="cite_ref-Hurwitz_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hurwitz-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the ending has been compared to the patriotic music of <a href="/wiki/Edward_Elgar" title="Edward Elgar">Edward Elgar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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Westport: Greenwood Press. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_w7y9/page/285">285</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780313334412" title="Special:BookSources/9780313334412"><bdi>9780313334412</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Greenwood+Encyclopedia+of+Folktales+and+Fairy+Tales&rft.place=Westport&rft.pages=285&rft.pub=Greenwood+Press&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=9780313334412&rft.aulast=Haase&rft.aufirst=Donald&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Funset0000unse_w7y9%2Fpage%2F285&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AA+Hero%27s+Song" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-All_Music-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-All_Music_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-All_Music_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-All_Music_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-All_Music_9-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-All_Music_9-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Hector Bellman. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/composition/mc0002367227">A Hero's Song (Písen bohatyrská), B. 199, Op. 111</a> at <a href="/wiki/AllMusic_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="AllMusic (identifier)">AllMusic</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Beckerman-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Beckerman_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBeckerman2003" class="citation book cs1">Beckerman, Michael B. 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Operas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Alfred_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Alfred (Dvořák)">Alfred</a></i> (1870)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/King_and_Charcoal_Burner" title="King and Charcoal Burner">King and Charcoal Burner</a></i> (1874)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Stubborn_Lovers" title="The Stubborn Lovers">The Stubborn Lovers</a></i> (1874)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vanda_(opera)" title="Vanda (opera)">Vanda</a></i> (1875)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cunning_Peasant" title="The Cunning Peasant">The Cunning Peasant</a></i> (1877)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dimitrij_(opera)" title="Dimitrij (opera)">Dimitrij</a></i> (1882)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jacobin" title="The Jacobin">The Jacobin</a></i> (1887)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Devil_and_Kate" title="The Devil and Kate">The Devil and Kate</a></i> (1898)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rusalka_(opera)" title="Rusalka (opera)">Rusalka</a></i> (1901)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Armida_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Armida (Dvořák)">Armida</a></i> (1904)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Orchestral music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Symphonies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._1_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Symphony No. 1 (Dvořák)">No. 1 in C minor</a> (<i>The Bells of Zlonice</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._2_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Symphony No. 2 (Dvořák)">No. 2 in B♭ major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._3_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Symphony No. 3 (Dvořák)">No. 3 in E♭ major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._4_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Symphony No. 4 (Dvořák)">No. 4 in D minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._5_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Symphony No. 5 (Dvořák)">No. 5 in F major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._6_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Symphony No. 6 (Dvořák)">No. 6 in D major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._7_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Symphony No. 7 (Dvořák)">No. 7 in D minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._8_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Symphony No. 8 (Dvořák)">No. 8 in G major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)">No. 9 in E minor</a> (<i>From the New World</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A Hero's Song</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carnival_Overture_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Carnival Overture (Dvořák)">Carnival Overture</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Czech_Suite_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Czech Suite (Dvořák)">Czech Suite</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scherzo_capriccioso_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Scherzo capriccioso (Dvořák)">Scherzo capriccioso</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hussite_Overture" title="Hussite Overture">Hussite Overture</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_Nature%27s_Realm_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="In Nature's Realm (Dvořák)">In Nature's Realm</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Legends_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Legends (Dvořák)">Legends</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Home_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="My Home (Dvořák)">My Home</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nocturne_in_B_major_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Nocturne in B major (Dvořák)">Nocturne in B major</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Othello_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Othello (Dvořák)">Othello Overture</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serenade_for_Strings_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Serenade for Strings (Dvořák)">Serenade for Strings in E major</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Slavonic_Dances" title="Slavonic Dances">Slavonic Dances</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Suite" title="American Suite">Suite in A major (<i>American</i>)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Symphonic_Variations_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Symphonic Variations (Dvořák)">Symphonic Variations</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Golden_Spinning_Wheel_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="The Golden Spinning Wheel (Dvořák)">The Golden Spinning Wheel</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Noon_Witch" title="The Noon Witch">The Noon Witch</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Water_Goblin" title="The Water Goblin">The Water Goblin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wild_Dove" title="The Wild Dove">The Wild Dove</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tragic_Overture_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Tragic Overture (Dvořák)">Tragic Overture</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Concertos</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cello_Concerto_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Cello Concerto (Dvořák)">Cello Concerto in B minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cello_Concerto_in_A_major_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Cello Concerto in A major (Dvořák)">Cello Concerto in A major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piano_Concerto_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Piano Concerto (Dvořák)">Piano Concerto in G minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Violin_Concerto_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Violin Concerto (Dvořák)">Violin Concerto in A minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romance_in_F_minor_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Romance in F minor (Dvořák)"><i>Romance in F minor</i> for violin and orchestra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vocal music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Moravian_Duets" title="Moravian Duets">Moravian Duets</a></i></li> <li><i>Psalm 149</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saint_Ludmila_(oratorio)" title="Saint Ludmila (oratorio)">Saint Ludmilla</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stabat_Mater_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Stabat Mater (Dvořák)">Stabat Mater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Requiem_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Requiem (Dvořák)">Requiem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_in_D_major_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Mass in D major (Dvořák)">Mass in D major</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Spectre%27s_Bride" title="The Spectre's Bride">The Spectre's Bride</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Chamber music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">String quartets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/String_Quartet_No._1_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="String Quartet No. 1 (Dvořák)">No. 1 in A major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_Quartet_No._2_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="String Quartet No. 2 (Dvořák)">No. 2 in B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_Quartet_No._3_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="String Quartet No. 3 (Dvořák)">No. 3 in D major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_Quartet_No._4_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="String Quartet No. 4 (Dvořák)">No. 4 in E minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_Quartet_No._5_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="String Quartet No. 5 (Dvořák)">No. 5 in F minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_Quartet_No._6_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="String Quartet No. 6 (Dvořák)">No. 6 in A minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quartet_movement_in_F_major_B.40a_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" class="mw-redirect" title="Quartet movement in F major B.40a (Dvořák)">Andante appassionato in F major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_Quartet_No._7_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="String Quartet No. 7 (Dvořák)">No. 7 in A minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_Quartet_No._8_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="String Quartet No. 8 (Dvořák)">No. 8 in E major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_Quartet_No._9_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="String Quartet No. 9 (Dvořák)">No. 9 in D minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_Quartet_No._10_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="String Quartet No. 10 (Dvořák)">No. 10 in E<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> major (<i>Slavonic</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quartet_Movement_in_F_major_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" class="mw-redirect" title="Quartet Movement in F major (Dvořák)">String Quartet movement in F major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_Quartet_No._11_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="String Quartet No. 11 (Dvořák)">No. 11 in C major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_Quartet_No._12_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="String Quartet No. 12 (Dvořák)">No. 12 in F major (<i>American</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_Quartet_No._13_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="String Quartet No. 13 (Dvořák)">No. 13 in G major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_Quartet_No._14_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="String Quartet No. 14 (Dvořák)">No. 14 in A<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cypresses_quartet_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cypresses quartet (Dvořák)"><i>Cypresses</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">String quintets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/String_Quintet_No._1_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="String Quintet No. 1 (Dvořák)">No. 1 in A minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_Quintet_No._2_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="String Quintet No. 2 (Dvořák)">No. 2 in G major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_Quintet_No._3_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="String Quintet No. 3 (Dvořák)">No. 3 in E<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> major (<i>American</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Piano trios</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piano_Trio_No._1_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Piano Trio No. 1 (Dvořák)">No. 1 in B<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piano_Trio_No._2_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Piano Trio No. 2 (Dvořák)">No. 2 in G minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piano_Trio_No._3_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Piano Trio No. 3 (Dvořák)">No. 3 in F minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piano_Trio_No._4_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Piano Trio No. 4 (Dvořák)">No. 4 in E minor (<i>Dumky</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Piano quartets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piano_Quartet_No._1_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Piano Quartet No. 1 (Dvořák)">No. 1 in D major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piano_Quartet_No._2_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Piano Quartet No. 2 (Dvořák)">No. 2 in E<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> major</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Piano quintets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piano_Quintet_No._1_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Piano Quintet No. 1 (Dvořák)">No. 1 in A major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piano_Quintet_No._2_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k)" title="Piano Quintet No. 2 (Dvořák)">No. 2 in A major</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a 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