Hussite Overture

The Hussite Overture (Czech: Husitská, dramatická ouvertura), Op. 67, B. 132,[1] was written by Antonín Dvořák in 1883 for the gala opening of the Prague National Theater.[2] The composition was originally intended as a part of a dramatic trilogy on the Bohemian religious leader Jan Hus.

The overture is scored for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (bass drum, cymbals, triangle), harp, and strings.

References

Antonín Dvořák

No. 1 in C minor (The Bells of Zlonice)
No. 2 in B♭ major
No. 3 in E♭ major
No. 4 in D minor
No. 5 in F major
No. 6 in D major
No. 7 in D minor
No. 8 in G major
No. 9 in E minor (From the New World)

Orchestra works

String
quartets

No. 1 in A major
No. 2 in B♭ major
No. 3 in D major
No. 4 in E minor
No. 5 in F minor
No. 6 in A minor, Op. 12, B. 40
Andante appassionato in F major B.40a
No. 7 in A minor, Op. 16, B. 45
No. 8 in E major
No. 9 in D minor, Op. 34, B. 75
No. 10 in E♭ major (Slavonic)
String Quartet movement in F major B. 120
No. 11 in C major
No. 12 in F major (American)
No. 13 in G major
No. 14 in A♭ major
Cypresses B. 152

Other

Named for Dvořák

Dvorak (crater)
Antonín Dvořák Theatre

Related articles

List of compositions by Antonín Dvořák * Category:Compositions by Antonín Dvořák

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