Kytice
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Poems
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- Template:Illm (Treasure)
- Template:Illm (The Wedding Shirt)
- Template:Illm (Lady midday)
- Template:Illm (The Golden Spinning-Wheel)
- Template:Illm (Christmas Eve)
- Template:Illm (Little Dove)
- Template:Illm (Záhoř's Bed)
- Template:Illm (The Water-Goblin)
- Template:Illm (Willow)
- Template:Illm (Lily)
- Template:Illm (Daughter's Curse)
- Template:Illm (Seeress)
Translations
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Marcela Sulak's translation has been used for subtitling performances of Dvořák's adaptations in Prague and the film version at the Warsaw Film Festival.[1] The edition is illustrated with artwork by Alén Diviš.
Susan Reynolds' translations were years in the making; she had read some of her translations at a symposium at the Antonin Dvořák Museum in Prague in 2004, which were lauded as "brilliant".[2]
Svatební košile was translated under the title "Spectre's Bride" by Template:Illm.[3]
Adaptations
The Kytice collection has inspired several adaptations for various media:
- Films
- Kytice, a 2000 Czech drama film directed by Template:Illm depicting 7 of the poems: Kytice, Vodník, Svatební košile, Polednice, Zlatý kolovrat, Dceřina kletba, Štědrý den
- Svatební košile, a 1978 Czech animated short directed by Josef Kábrt
- Svatební košile, a 1925 Czech film directed by and starring Theodor Pištěk
- Music
- Svatební košile (The Spectre's Bride), Ballad for soprano, tenor, bass, chorus and orchestra, Op. 69, B. 135 (1884) by Antonín Dvořák
- Svatební košile (The Spectre's Bride), Ballad for soprano, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra, H. 214 I A (1932) by Bohuslav Martinů
- Polednice (The Noon Witch, or The Noonday Witch), Symphonic Poem for orchestra, Op. 108, B. 196 (1896) by Antonín Dvořák
- Zlatý kolovrat (The Golden Spinning Wheel), Symphonic Poem for orchestra, Op. 109, B. 197 (1896) by Antonín Dvořák
- Štědrý den, Melodrama for narrator and piano or orchestra, Op. 9, H. 198 (1874, 1899) by Zdeněk Fibich
- Holoubek (The Wild Dove), Symphonic Poem for orchestra, Op. 110, B. 198 (1896) by Antonín Dvořák
- Vodník (The Water Goblin), Symphonic Poem for orchestra, Op. 107, B. 195 (1896) by Antonín Dvořák
- Vodník, Melodrama for narrator and orchestra, Op. 15, H. 267 (1883) by Zdeněk Fibich
- Lilie, Melodrama by Otakar Ostrčil
- Lilie, Melodrama for reciter and piano 4-hands, Op. 23 by Template:Illm
- Kytice, A Tribute to K. J. Erben (2007) by Libor Tinka
- Opera
- Vodník, Opera in 4 acts (1937) by Template:Illm; libretto by Template:Illm
- Theatre
- Kytice, a 1972 loose musical theatre adaptation by Jiří Suchý and Ferdinand Havlík (music), one of the most popular pieces the Semafor theatre
References
- Citations
- Bibliography
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External links
- Full Czech language text of Kytice at Wikisource Template:In lang
- Several rhymed translations and an interview with the translator Susan Reynolds at Radio Prague website, 19 September 2004: transcript and RealAudio archive
- A Bouquet Full English translation by Marcela Sulak.
- Kytice Full English translation by Susan Reynolds.