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Originally published
  
1853

Adaptations
  
Wild Flowers (2000)

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Author
  
Karel Jaromír Erben

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Kytice z pověstí národních (A Bouquet of Folk Legends), also known by the short title Kytice (Czech for bouquet; pronounced KEE-tyee-tseh), is a collection of ballads by the Czech author Karel Jaromír Erben. The collection was first published in 1853 and was originally made up of 12 poems. Lilie was added to the second edition in 1861.

Contents

  1. Kytice
  2. Poklad (Treasure)
  3. Svatební košile (The Wedding Shirts)
  4. Polednice (Lady midday)
  5. Zlatý kolovrat (The Golden Spinning-Wheel)
  6. Štědrý den (Christmas Eve)
  7. Holoubek (Little Dove)
  8. Záhořovo lože (Záhoř's Bed)
  9. Vodník (The Water-Goblin)
  10. Vrba (Willow)
  11. Lilie (Lily)
  12. Dceřina kletba (Daughter's Curse)
  13. Věštkyně (Seeress)

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Adaptations

The Kytice collection has inspired several adaptations for various media:

Films
  • Kytice (Wild Flowers), a 2000 Czech drama film directed by F. A. Brabec 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 Eugen Miroslav Rutte
    • Opera
  • Vodník, Opera in 4 acts (1937) by Boleslav Vomáčka; libretto by Adolf Wenig
    • 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

    Kytice Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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