Slavonic Dance No 8, Op 46

Antonín Dvořák

Antonín Dvořák (trans. Andrew Balent)

This work bears the designation Opus 46.

General Info

Year: 1878 / 2010
Duration: c. 4:20
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Piano Duet
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00; (digital) - $85.00   |   Score Only (print) - $12.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Crash Cymbals
• Snare Drum
• Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Dvořák's Slavonic Dances, Opus 46, were written as piano duets in 1878 and later were orchestrated. They reflect the spirit, mood and rhythmic vitality and excitement of Slavonic folk music but were original works by Dvořák. There are two sets of eight dances each. This arrangement is of number eight in the first set.

- Program Note from publisher

Unlike Brahms, Dvorák wrote original melodies in a folk style. This dance is a “furiant,” a Bohemian dance that typically contrasts 2/4 with 3/4 meter. In the outer sections of the Slavonic Dance No. 8, emphasis of the offbeats in the brightly orchestrated chords of a fast tune disguise the piece's 3/4 time signature, the phrase quickly alternating between the minor and the major. The entire opening section is repeated, with a coda that further mutates the main phrase, modulating it up and down the scale, changing its rhythmic sound from the duple to the triple meter and back, then heading finally into a quote of the pastoral middle section before the opening phrase finishes the dance as brilliantly as it began it. It's obvious why the short, but exciting, dance is one of the most popular of Dvorák's 16 Slavonic dances.

- Program Note by Patsy Morita for the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire-University Band concert program, 1 May 2019

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Louisiana: III
• Maryland: III
• Texas: III. Complete

Performances

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• University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire University Band (Randal C. Dickerson, conductor) - 28 November 2022
• University of Wisconsin Madison Wednesday University Band (Herb Payung, conductor) - 24 October 2021
• Ohio University (Athens) Symphonic Band (Richard Suk, conductor) – 24 September 2019
• University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire University Band (Randal C. Dickerson, conductor) – 1 May 2019
• Sequim (Wash.) City Band (Tyler Benedict, conductor) – 5 November 2017
• Gettysburg College (Penn.) Symphony Band (Christopher Heffner, conductor) – 10 April 2016
• Shaker Heights (Ohio) High School Concert Ensemble (Jason Clemens, conductor) – 2011

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• New World Breakdown (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kiefer) (1893/2013/2020)

All Wind Works

• Adagio - Allegro Molto from "Symphony No 9" (arr. Johnson) (2015)
• Allegro con brio from "Symphony No. 8" (arr. Hartman) (1889/2013)
• Carnival Overture (arr. Clarke) (1891/1922?)
• Carnival Overture (arr. Mayes) (1891/2019)
• Carnival Overture (tr. Patterson) (1891/2023)
• Carnival Overture (arr. Schyns) (1891/2012)
• Carnival Overture (tr. Steiger) (1891/1982)
• Carnival Overture (tr. Walker; ed. Yeago) (1891/2000)
• Czech Suite (arr. Sheen) (1879/1988)
• Festival March (arr. Bourgeois) (1879/2012)
• Festmusik (arr. Woodley) (1901/2007)
• Finale from "New World Symphony" (tr. Hindsley) (1893)
• Finale from "Symphony No. 9" (tr. Buckley) (1893/2018)
• Finale from "Symphony No. 9" (tr. Leidzén) (1893/1936)
• Finale Excerpts, "Symphony No 9" (arr. Daehn) (1893/2010)
• Finale Symphony No. VIII (scored Schaefer) (1889/1980)
• Four Slavonic Dances (arr. Spink) (1886)
• Goin' Home (arr. Villanueva) (1893/1996)
• The Golden Spinning Wheel (tr. Johnson) (1896/2018)
• Humoresque (arr. Glover) (1894/2017)
• Largo (arr. Safranek) (1893/1912)
• Largo and Finale for Band (from the New World Symphony) (arr. Blahnik) (1893)
• Largo and Finale for Brass Choir (from the New World Symphony) (1893)
• Largo and Scherzo from "Symphony No 9 in E minor, Opus 95" (tr. Kappey) (1893/1903)
• Largo from "New World Symphony" (arr. Williams) (1893/2007)
• Legends, Op. 59, Nos. 1 - 5 (arr. Thompson) (1881/2019)
• New World Breakdown (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kiefer) (1893/2013/2020)
• Psalm of Praise (arr. Gardner) (1874/1966)
• Scherzo Capriccioso (tr. Knox) (1883/)
• Selections from "Slavonic Dances," Op. 46 (tr. Curnow) (1878/)
• Serenade, opus 22 (arr. Moehlmann) (1967)
• Serenade in D minor (1878)
• Slavonic Dance No. 5 (tr. Curnow)
• Slavonic Dance No 1, Op 46 (arr. Linklater) (1878/)
• Slavonic Dance No 1, Op 46 (arr. Longfield) (1878/2001)
• Slavonic Dance No. 3, Op 46 (arr. Safranek) (1878/1912)
• Slavonic Dance, Op 46 No 7 for Woodwind Choir (1878/1999)
• Slavonic Dance No 7, Op 46 (arr. Pyter) (1878/2020)
• Slavonic Dance No 8, Op 46 (tr. Balent) (1878/2010)
• Slavonic Dance No. 8, Op. 46 (arr. Longfield) (1878/1991)
• Slavonic Dance No. 8, Op. 46 (arr. Harnsberger) (1878/2004)
• Slavonic Dance No 1, Op 72 (tr. Amis) (1886/2001)
• Slavonic Dance No 1, Op 72 (arr. Tobani) (1886/1929)
• Slavonic Dance No 3, Op 72 (tr. Amis) (1886/2003)
• Slavonic Dance No 4, Op 72 (tr. Amis) (1886/1996)
• Slavonic Dance No 4 (arr. Sebesky) (1970)
• Slavonic Dance No 6, Op 72 (tr. Amis) (1886/2002)
• Slavonic Dance No 7, Op 72 (tr. Amis) (1886/1996)
• Slavonic Dances, The (tr. Curnow) (1878/1984)
• Slavonic Dances (arr. Johnson) (1878/1960)
• Slavonic March (arr. Longfield) (1878/2017)
• Slawischer Tanz Nr. 4 (arr. Goldhammer) (1878/1995)
• Symphony No. 8: Finale (arr. Schaefer). See: Finale Symphony No. VIII
• Symphony No. 9 (arr. Laughlin) (1902/2022)
• Symphony No. 9: Finale (arr. Harnsberger) (1893/1999)
• Symphony No. 9, Fourth Movement (arr. Bělohoubek) (1893/)
• Song to the Moon (orch. Silbert) (1901/)
• Themes from "New World Symphony" (arr. Sweeney) (1893)
• Three Slavonic Dances (arr. Hanna)
• Through an Open Door (arr. Daughtrey) (1893/2023)
• Two Biblical Songs for Symphonic Wind Band (arr. Grotenhuis) (1894/2003)

Resources

None discovered thus far.