Saint Ludmila (oratorio)

The title page of the autograph score of Dvořák's Saint Ludmila with inscription in the author's hand: "I conducted the first performance of ‘Saint Ludmila’ at the music festival in Leeds on October 16, 1886."[1] Nevertheless, the first performance took place on October 15, 1886. The note in the score is inaccurate.[2][3]

Antonín Dvořák composed his oratorio Saint Ludmila (Czech: Svatá Ludmila (csⓘ) for soloists, choir and orchestra, between September 1885 and May 1886. The oratorio (Op. 71, B. 144) was written to a text by the leading Czech poet and writer Jaroslav Vrchlický. Saint Ludmila is Dvořák's third oratorio, and is considered one of his foremost works.[4]

  1. ^ Burghauser, Jarmil (2006). Antonín Dvořák (in Czech). Prague: Koniasch Latin Press. p. 71. ISBN 80-86791-26-2.
  2. ^ Burghauser, Jarmil (2006). Antonín Dvořák (in Czech). Prague: Koniasch Latin Press. p. 68. ISBN 80-86791-26-2.
  3. ^ "Antonín Dvořák: Svatá Ludmila" (in Czech). české-sbory.cz. 7 June 2005. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
  4. ^ Holzknecht, Václav (2004). Svatá Ludmila (Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (CD). Antonín Dvořák; Paton, Derek (trans.). Prague: ArcoDiva. pp. 6–7. UP 0078-2 231.