Talk:List of compositions by Antonín Dvořák

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[edit] Is this page missing something?

Maybe I just can't seem to find it, but where exactly is Suite in A Minor "American" Op. 98B/B190? - Anonymous, 16:59, 25 June 2006

[edit] Query

Why is Symph. #2 listed before Symph. #1?

Why did Dvorak consider the score of Symph. #1 (in c minor) to be lost forever (ref. to 9_(number)#In_music)?

What do 'opus sine' and 'opus -1' and 'opus 1', etc., mean?

Duncan.france 05:20, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

"Opus sine" means "without opus". A lot of this page still needs to be translated, it would appear. (I started to wikify it correctly a while ago but got either bored or sidetracked...)

According to the New Grove, Sym. No. 1 was finished 24 March 1865, but never published. Symphony No. 2 was published as Opus 4, and was finished on 9 October 1865. Symphony No. 1 was first performed in 1936 -- maybe he lost it but someone else found it after his death? I don't know the answer to that one. Hope this helps! Antandrus 05:26, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for that.

I'm still not clear on what "without opus" means!

I know what you mean, it is terribly difficult to remain focussed with Wikipedia work...

Based on finish date then, Symph. #1 should be listed before #2, with perhaps a note to the effect that it was not published.

Hopefully someone will explain about how he lost #1 and who found it, and when.. Duncan.france 09:21, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

The first symphony was written before the second, and should be listed earlier. Without opus means that a work never was given an opus number during the composers life by himself or a publisher. Dvořák send in the score of his first symphony to a composing contest. He didn't win a price, and the board didn't bother to send the score back, or the return address was lost. Dvořák never saw it back, after his death it was found in an antique shop. Basboy 23:31, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

There were a two exact duplicates in this list (both consecutive) which I removed. There is also a duplicate of "Slovanske tance 2. rada"; I cannot correct this because of two conflicting years, 1887 and 1887. --Zippanova 02:30, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

Are both for orchestra? Dvořák first wrote a piano four-hands version, which he later orchestrated. Both have different B-numbers. Basboy 23:33, 17 September 2006 (UTC)