The golden spinning wheel (Dvořák)

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The Golden Spinning Wheel ( Czech Zlatý kolovrat ) op. 109 is a symphonic poem by the composer Antonín Dvořák .

Emergence

After Dvořák returned from teaching at the New York National Conservatory of Music to his homeland in 1896, the composer wrote several symphonic poems which - with the exception of Heldenlied , for which Dvořák developed his own program - on materials from the ballad collection »Kytice« ( bouquet of flowers ) by the Czech poet Karel Jaromír Erben .

To the music

Orchestration

Piccolo flute , two flutes , two oboes , English horn , two clarinets (B ♭, A), two bassoons , contrabassoon , four horns , two trumpets , three trombones , tuba , timpani , bass drum , cymbals , triangle , harp , violins I, violins II, violas , cellos , double basses

content

The center of the story, which is reminiscent of » Cinderella «, is the girl Dornicka. The king wants to marry her, but she is killed by her stepmother, who wants to make her biological sister the king's bride and puts Dornicka in the forest. There Dornicka is brought back to life by an old magician. When the king returns from a war, he learns of the events from the talking spinning wheel and punishes the stepmother and her daughter with death; he and Dornicka get married.

König, Dornicka and the spinning wheel are presented as thematic groups in the style of a symphonic movement in all four sections of the piece. The evil stepmother is characterized by a variation on the theme of the king and emphasized by major - minor contrasts.

effect

Together with Aquarius (Op. 107) and The Noon Witch (Op. 108) came The Golden Spinning Wheel by Anton Bennewitz on June 3, 1896 in Prague Conservatory premiered. This private event was followed by performances by Henry Wood and Hans Richter in London.

supporting documents

  • Christoph Hahn, Siegmar Hohl (eds.), Bertelsmann Konzertführer, Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh / Munich 1993, ISBN 3-570-10519-9
  • Harenberg concert guide , Harenberg Kommunikation, Dortmund, 1998, ISBN 3-611-00535-5

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