Gypsy songs, Op. 55 (Dvořák)
Movements
i Má píseň zas mi láskou zní / My song rings out with love again ii Aj! Kterak trojhranec můj / Hey, how my triangle iii A les je tichý kolem kol / The woods are silent all around iv Když mne stará matka / Songs my mother taught me v Struna naladěna / Now the string is tuned, lad vi Široké rukávy / Flowing sleeves and trousers vii Dejte klec jestřábu / Give the hawk a cage
Notes
“Songs My Mother Taught Me” is a song for voice and piano written in 1880 by Antonín Dvořák. It is the fourth of seven songs from his cycle Gypsy Songs (Czech: Cigánské melodie), B. 104, Op. 55. The Gypsy Songs are set to poems by Adolf Heyduk in both Czech and German. This song in particular has achieved widespread fame.
