Ballade (Dvořák)

The Ballade in D minor, Op. 15 (B. 139), is a ballade for violin and piano, composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1884.^[1] As with the third piano trio, the Scherzo capriccioso, the Hussite Overture, and the seventh symphony, composed in the same period, the work is written in a more dramatic, dark and aggressive style that supersedes the carefree folk style of Dvořák's "Slavonic period".^[2]

A typical performance lasts 6 minutes.^[3]

References

1. Honolka, Kurt (2004). Dvořák. Haus Publishing. p. 149. ISBN 9781904341529 – via Google Books.
2. Döge, Klaus (2001). "Dvořák, Antonín (Leopold)". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
3. "Ballade for violin and piano". antonin-dvorak.cz. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

External links

• Ballade (Dvořák): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• Ballade on YouTube, performed by Josef Suk and Josef Hála