REPRINT SERIES Bohuslav Martinů composed his Overture for orchestra, H. 345, also known by its Czech title Předehra, in November 1953, during his years in the United States. The work is dedicated to...

REPRINT SERIES Martinů’s Concertino for Piano Trio and String Orchestra, H. 232, was composed in just under two weeks in August 1933 and premiered in Basel on October 16, 1936. The work is...

The scenario of Martinu’s 1930 “Echec du Roi” (Checkmate) anticipates that of Stravinsky’s “Jeu de Cartes” (1937), with dancing chessmen taking the place of dancing poker chips. The score mixes...

REPRINT SERIES This exceptional triple concerto was utterly lost and forgotten for 30 years when its posthumous premiere revealed it as a missing masterpiece by one of the most individual and...

REPRINT SERIES In 1950, the Musical Arts Society of La Jolla, California, commissioned a work from Martinu that turned out to be his farewell to neoclassicism. The Musical Arts Society had requested...

On 19 December 1941, Martinů wrote a letter to Serge Koussevitzky, expressing a wish to compose a symphony for the Boston Symphony Orchestra for their next season. In reply, early in 1942...

REPRINT SERIES The Fifth Symphony was composed from March to May 1946. Although Martinů initially spoke of dedicating it to the Red Cross, in the end the score was dedicated to the Czech...

REPRINT SERIES I. Toccata: Allegro moderato II. Canzone No.1: Andante moderato III. Canzone No.2: Allegro (poco); Adagio Bohuslav Martinů was an early 20th-century composer known for his...

The Symphony No. 6 ("Fantaisies symphoniques"), H. 343, by Bohuslav Martinů was begun in New York City in 1951, after a hiatus of four years since its predecessor, and was tentatively completed three...

REPRINT SERIES Martinů composed his Third Symphony during a summer retreat in Ridgefield, Connecticut from 2 May to 14 June 1944. The composition was not the result of a commission, but rather was a...

Hans Kindler was one of the most brilliant and dedicated musicians of his generation. Born in Rotterdam in 1892 and trained at the city’s conservatory, Kindler emigrated to the United States in 1914...

Koncertantní symfonie č.2; Sinfonia Concertante Nr.2, for Solo Oboe, Bassoon, Violin, Cello and Chamber Orchestra with Piano.

The Concerto for string quartet with orchestra was composed in Paris in 1931 for the Belgian Quatuor Pro Arte to which Béla Bartók had already dedicated his fourth string quartet. The work keeps the...

The concerto is quite traditional, both in terms of its fast-slow-fast structure and in terms of the composer's personal aesthetic; the style is instantly recognizable as Martinu's: broad, wistful...

EDITION ZEZA REPRINT SERIES Bohuslav Martinů's Symphony No. 2, H. 295, was composed from May 29 to July 24, 1943 under a commission from the Czech community in Cleveland. Martinu's Second Symphony...

One of Martinu's most unyielding and dissonant works. Even in its quieter moments there is a stern, implacable quality. "Its notes sang out the feelings and sufferings of all those of our people...