Oskar Nedbal - Selected Works

Selected Works

Opera

• Sedlák Jakub (Jakub the Peasant; Le paysan Jakob) (1919–1920, revised 1928); libretto by L. Novák after Lope de Vega; premiere performance 13 October 1922 in Brno

Operettas

• Cudná Barbora (Chaste Barbara; Barbara the Chaste; Die keusche Barbara), Operetta in 3 acts (1910); libretto by R. Bernauer, L. Jacobson and V. Stech; premiere performance 14 September 1910, Vinohrady Theatre, Prague
• Polská krev (Polish Blood; Polenblut), Operetta in 3 acts (1913); libretto by Leo Stein; premiere performance 25 October 1913, Carltheater, Vienna
• Vinobraní (The Vineyard Bride; Die Winzerbraut), Operetta in 3 acts (1916); libretto by Leo Stein and J. Wilhelm; premiere performance 11 February 1916, Theater an der Wien, Vienna
• Krásná Saskia (Beautiful Saskia; Die schöne Saskia), Operetta in 3 acts (1917); libretto by A. M. Willner and Heinz Reichert; premiere performance 16 November 1917, Carltheater, Vienna
• Eriwan, Operetta in 3 acts (1918); libretto by Felix Dörmann; premiere performance 29 November 1918, Komödienhaus (Colosseum), Vienna
• Mamselle Napoleon, Operetta in 1 act (1918, revised 1928); libretto by Emil Gölz and Arnold Gölz; premiere performance 21 January 1919, Die Hölle, Vienna
• Donna Gloria, Operetta in 3 acts (1925); libretto by Viktor Léon and Heinz Reichert; premiere performance 30 December 1925, Carltheater, Vienna
• Das Dorf ohne Männer, Operetta in 1 act (manuscript)
• Die Erntebraut; revision of Polská krev with a German libretto by Hermann Hermecke; premiere performance 1942, Admiralspalast, Berlin
• Podzimní píseň (Autumn Song; Le Chant d'automne); revision of Vinobraní with Czech libretto by Václav Špilar and Václav Mírovský; premiere performance 24 October 1930, Velká opereta, Prague

Ballets

• Pohádka o Honzovi (The Tale of Honza; Tale of Simple Johnny; Jean le paresseux; Der faule Hans), Ballet-Pantomime in 5 scenes (1901–1902); libretto by František Karel Hejda; premiere performance 24 January 1902, National Theatre, Prague
• Z pohádky do pohádky (From Fairy Tale to Fairy Tale; De conte en conte; Großmütterchens Märchenschätze) (1907); libretto by Ladislav Novák; premiere performance 25 January 1908, National Theatre, Prague
• Princezna Hyacinta (Princess Hyacinth) (1910); libretto by Ladislav Novák; premiere performance 1 September 1911, National Theatre, Prague
• Čertova babička (The Devil's Grandmother; Des Teufels Großmutter), Ballet-Pantomime in 3 scenes (1912); libretto by Karl van Zeska and Gertrude Stöhr; premiere performance 20 April 1912, Wiener Hofoper, Vienna
• Andersen, Fairy Tale Ballet in 7 scenes, a prologue and an epilogue (1912); libretto by Ladislav Novák and Jaroslav Kvapil; premiere performance 1 March 1914, Ronacher, Vienna
• Pevec lásky (Le Minnesänger) (1921); libretto by Ladislav Novák; premiere performance 9 April 1921 in Vienna (manuscript)
• Cikánské kouzlo (La magicien tzigane); libretto by V. Stech (manuscript, incomplete)
• Tajna; libretto by C. Sylva (manuscript, incomplete)

Incidental music

• Die Hermannsschlacht, Music for the play by Heinrich von Kleist (1914); premiere performance 10 December 1914, Burgtheater, Vienna

Orchestral

• Slavnostní pochod (Festival March; Festmarsch), Op. 3 (premiere 1894)
• Scherzo caprice (Scherzo capriccioso) in G major, Op. 5 (1892)
• Suite mignonne; orchestration (1920–1923) of the piano work Aus dem Kinderleben, Op. 15
• Unie (Union), Festival March (1928)
• Česká polka (Czech Polka) for string orchestra

Concertante

• Romance et sérénade for violin and piano (or orchestra), Op. 6 (1893)
• Romance for cello and orchestra

Chamber music

• Romance et sérénade for violin and piano (or orchestra), Op. 6 (1893)
• Sonata in B minor for violin and piano, Op. 9 (published 1896)
• Dvě skladby (2 Pieces) for cello and piano (or orchestra), Op. 12 (1899)

1. Romance in F major
2. Capriccio in F major

• Valse triste in G minor for string quartet (1907); from the ballet Pohádka o Honzovi
• Romantický kus (Pièce romantique) in D♭ major for cello and piano, Op. 18 (1910)
• Sonata in D major for violin and piano (manuscript)
• Fugue in D major for string quartet
• Prosba for 3 violins
• Romance for clarinet (manuscript)

Piano

• Variace na thema Antonína Dvořáka (Variations of a Theme of Dvořák), Op. 1
• Lettres intimes, 3 Pieces, Op. 7 (1894)
• Čtyři kusy (4 Pièces), Op. 8 (1894)

1. Barcarola
2. Valse petite
3. Impromptu
4. Valse caprice

• Silhouette, Op. 10 (1895)
• Humoreska in G major (1896)
• Aus vergangenen Zeiten, Op. 13 (1897); An orchestral version also exists in manuscript form.
• Z dětského života (Aus dem Kinderleben), Suite, Op. 15; orchestrated as Suite mignonne (1920–1923)
• Pohádka o smuku a štěstí (Fairy Tale of Grief and Joy; In Leid und Lust), Op. 16 (1905)
• Valses silhouettes, Op. 17 (1907)
• Sonata in D major (manuscript)
• Humoreske en do majeur sur un thème de Dvořák (manuscript)
• Reisebildchen (manuscript)
• Weihnachtsstimmung (published 1908)
• Preludium

Vocal

• 4 písně (4 Songs) for voice and piano, Op. 2 (published 1896)

1. Za svitu luny
2. Anděl strážce
3. Dívčí popěvek
4. Píseň v národním tónu

• 4 písně (4 Songs) for voice and piano, Op. 4 (1892)
• 4 písně (4 Songs) for voice and piano, Op. 11 (1896); words by Josef Václav Sládek

1. Sen
2. Oči
3. Dudák
4. Co na nebi je hvězdiček

• Píseň pro nová srdce (Chant pour les nouveaux cœurs) (manuscript)
• Militär und Volkslieder; words by Karel Dostál-Lutinov and Hornoff (manuscript)

Film scores

• Svatý Václav (Saint Wenceslas) (1929); directed by Jan Stanislav Kolár