Dvořák had only recently become introduced to Fritz Simrock by Johannes Brahms but had already become displeased with several of his new publisher's business practices, including releasing older works with high opus numbers, implying they were new. He offered this work, recently written, to Simrock with a somewhat earlier number (that of works he'd written a few years before) as part of his response.
Date of composition | 1879 |
Premiered | 1879, May 16th (Provisional Theatre Orchestra, Adolf Cech (conductor)) in Prague, Czech Republic |
First published | 1881 |
Type | Suite |
Catalogue | Op. 39 |
Approx. duration | 23 minutes |
Spoken language | Czech |
Instruments | Orchestra |
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