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Šárka (Má vlast No. 3), JB 1:112/3

187510 min

This guide follows Smetana’s Šárka (Má vlast No. 3), JB 1:112/3 (1875) in one part.

Recording: NHK Symphony Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (1990)

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, ma 0:01–10:12

The furious opening music (A) is Šárka's vow of revenge. The story then unfolds through three sections: B, C and D. Among them are a for Ctirad, warm clarinet-led music for his love and the drunken . The opening music as A', and the horn call and the attack bring the piece to its violent .

  1. A
  2. B

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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