A Hero's Song

Title page of the first edition of A Hero's Song, published in 1899

A Hero's Song (Czech: Píseň bohatýrská), Op. 111, B. 199, also called Heroic Song for Orchestra,[1] is a symphonic poem for orchestra composed by Antonín Dvořák between August 4 and October 25, 1897. It was premiered in Vienna in on December 4, 1898, with Gustav Mahler conducting the Vienna Philharmonic, and was later published in Berlin in 1899. Unlike Dvořák's other symphonic poems, this work is not based upon a specific text, and it may have been intended to be autobiographical. The piece is mostly energetic and triumphant, but it includes a slower section containing a funeral march. A typical performance lasts approximately 22 minutes.

  1. ^ "Dvorák: Symphonic Poems, Overtures / Kuchar". ArkivMusic. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2012.