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The Czech Suite in D major (Czech: Česká suita D dur), Op. 39 (B. 93), was composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1879 and published later in his life. Adolf Čech conducted the premiere.

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.

The suite consists of five movements as follows:

Preludium (Pastorale): Allegro moderato (D major)
Polka: Allegretto grazioso (D minor)
$\relative c' { \partial 2 \new PianoStaff << \new Staff { \key d \minor \time 2/4 \tempo \markup { \column { \line { Allegretto grazioso. } } } \repeat volta 4 { d'8.\p( e16 f g a8) a4( g) f8( d16 e f g a8) a4( g) f8.\<( g16 a bes c8) c4( bes\!) a8( g16\> f e f g8->) f( e16 d\! cis d e8->) } d2\p~d } \new Staff { \key d \minor \time 2/4 f,8\p f4( e) d8( f,16 a d e f8) f4( e) d8.\<( e16 f8 ees) ees( f16 ees\! d8 ees16 d) c8( bes16\> a g a bes8->) a( g16 f\! e f g8->) f2\p~ f } >> }$
Sousedská (Minuetto): Allegro giusto (B♭ major)
Romance: Andante con moto (G major)
Finale (Furiant): Presto (D minor)

References

^ Roger Dettmer. Czech Suite at AllMusic

External links

Work details antonin-dvorak.cz (in English)
Czech Suite: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Animated score on YouTube, NDR Sinfonieorchester, John Eliot Gardiner

Antonín Dvořák

Operas

Alfred (1870)
King and Charcoal Burner (1874)
The Stubborn Lovers (1874)
Vanda (1875)
The Cunning Peasant (1877)
Dimitrij (1882)
The Jacobin (1887)
The Devil and Kate (1898)
Rusalka (1901)
Armida (1904)

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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)
Other	A Hero's Song Carnival Overture Czech Suite Scherzo capriccioso Hussite Overture In Nature's Realm Legends My Home Nocturne in B major 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

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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 Andante appassionato in F major No. 7 in A minor No. 8 in E major No. 9 in D minor No. 10 in E♭ major (Slavonic) String Quartet movement in F major No. 11 in C major No. 12 in F major (American) No. 13 in G major No. 14 in A♭ major Cypresses
String quintets	No. 1 in A minor No. 2 in G major No. 3 in E♭ major (American)
Piano trios	No. 1 in B♭ major No. 2 in G minor No. 3 in F minor No. 4 in E minor (Dumky)
Piano quartets	No. 1 in D major No. 2 in E♭ major
Piano quintets	No. 1 in A major No. 2 in A major
Other	Romantic Pieces Serenade in D minor for Wind Instruments Bagatelles Silent Woods Violin Sonata in F major Sonatina in G major String Sextet in A major Terzetto in C major Ballade

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