Dvorak’s second set of Slavonic Dances was composed in response to a request from his German publisher N. Simrock in the wake of the tremendous popularity of the first set (Op.46). The brilliant orchestration of the melodious, folk-inspired dances did much to establish Dvorak’s reputation as a major orchestral composer. The new study score offered here is a digitally-enhanced reprint of the score first issued in 1955 as part of the Dvorak complete works by the Czech State publishing house SNKLHU, edited by Otakar Sourek. Available now for the first time in an affordable, easy-to-read size.
