The Wild Dove

The Wild Dove (also known as The Wood Dove; Czech: Holoubek), Op. 110, B. 198 (1896), is the fourth orchestral poem composed by the Czech composer, Antonín Dvořák. Composed in October and November 1896, with a revision in January 1897, the premiere was given on 20 March 1898^[1] in Brno under the baton of Leoš Janáček.^[2] The story is taken from the poem of the same name from Kytice, a collection of ballads by Karel Jaromír Erben. The four musical scenes describe the story of a woman who poisoned her husband and married another man shortly afterwards. A wild dove then sits on the grave of her dead husband and sings a sad song day after day. The wife feels guilty and commits suicide at the end by jumping and drowning in a river.^[3]

References

External links

• The Wild Dove: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

Antonín Dvořák
Operas	Alfred Armida Dimitrij King and Charcoal Burner Rusalka The Cunning Peasant The Devil and Kate The Jacobin The Stubborn Lovers Vanda
Symphonies	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)
Concertos	Cello Concerto in B minor Cello Concerto in A major Piano Concerto in G minor Violin Concerto in A minor Romance in F minor for violin and orchestra
Orchestra works	A Hero's Song Carnival Overture Czech Suite in D major Hussite Overture In Nature's Realm Legends My Home Nocturne in B Othello Overture Serenade for Strings in E major Slavonic Dances Suite in A major (American) Symphonic Variations The Golden Spinning Wheel The Noon Witch The Water Goblin The Wild Dove Tragic Overture
Vocal music	Moravian Duets Psalm 149 Requiem Saint Ludmilla Stabat Mater
Chamber music	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 Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor (Dumky) Romantic Pieces Serenade in D minor for Wind Instruments Silent Woods Sonatina in G major String Quintet No. 2 in G major String Quintet No. 3 in E♭ major (American) String Sextet in A major Terzetto in C
Piano music	Humoresques Legends Slavonic Dances Suite in A major (American)
Named for Dvořák	Dvorak (crater) Antonín Dvořák Theatre
Related articles	List of compositions Antonín Dvořák Museum Dvorak - In Love?
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