The Ballade in D minor, Op. 15 (B. 139), is a ballade for violin and piano, composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1884.[1] As with the third piano trio, the Scherzo capriccioso, the Hussite Overture, and the seventh symphony, composed in the same period, the work is written in a more dramatic, dark and aggressive style that supersedes the carefree folk style of Dvořák's "Slavonic period".[2]
The Ballade is one of three short pieces that Dvořák provided to John W. Coates, publisher of the journal Magazine of Music.[3]
A typical performance lasts 6 minutes.[3]
References
edit- ↑ Honolka, Kurt (2004). Dvořák. Haus Publishing. p. 149. ISBN 9781904341529 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Döge, Klaus (2001). "Dvořák, Antonín (Leopold)". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription, Wikilibrary access, or UK public library membership required)
- 1 2 "Ballade for violin and piano". antonin-dvorak.cz. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
External links
edit- Ballade (Dvořák): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Ballade on YouTube, performed by Josef Suk and Josef Hála
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