List of compositions by Bedřich Smetana explained

Below is a List of compositions by Bedřich Smetana sorted by genre, catalogue numbers, original and English titles. JB numbers are from Tematický katalog skladeb Bedřicha Smetany (Thematic Catalogue of Works by Bedřich Smetana) by Jiří Berkovec (Prague, 1999). B. numbers are from the catalogue by František Bartoš. T. numbers are from the 1893 catalogue by Karel Teige.

GenreJBBTComposition dateCzech title (original title)English titleKeyScoringNotes
Opera 1:87 124 90 1862–1863 Czech: Braniboři v Čechách   in 3 acts; libretto by Karel Sabina
Opera 1:100 131 93 1863–1866 Czech: Prodaná nevěsta The Bartered Bride (German: Die verkaufte Braut)   4 versions; revised 1868–1869 (B. 137 and B. 140) and 1870; libretto by Karel Sabina
Opera 1:101 133 96 1865–1867 Dalibor   in 3 acts; revised 1870; libretto by Josef Wenzig in Czech translation by Ervin Špindler
Opera 1:102 107 1869–1872 Libuše   in 3 acts; libretto by Josef Wenzig in Czech translation by Ervin Špindler
Opera 1:108 109 1873–1874 Czech: Dvě vdovy   in 2 acts; revised 1877; libretto by Emanuel Züngel, after Jean Pierre Félicien Mallefille's play French: Les deux veuves
Opera 1:104 115 1875–1876 Czech: Hubička   in 2 acts; libretto by Eliška Krásnohorská after the novel by Karolina Světlá
Opera 1:110 118 1877–1878 Czech: Tajemství   in 3 acts; libretto by Eliška Krásnohorská
Opera 1:122 129 1879–1882 Czech: Čertova stěna   in 3 acts; libretto by Eliška Krásnohorská
Opera 2:48 133 1874
1883–1884
Viola   fragment; libretto by Eliška Krásnohorská after Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night
Orchestral 1:10 31 12 c.1842 Minuet Minuet B-flat major for orchestra  
Orchestral 1:11 32 14 c.1842 Czech: Kvapík bajadér / Galopp bajadérek Bayadere Galop C major for orchestra  
Orchestral 1:39 63 46 1848–1849 Czech: Velká předehra Festive Overture (German: Jubel-Ouvertüre) D major for orchestra Op. 4
Orchestral 1:59 92 59 1853–1854 Czech: Triumfální symfonie Festive Symphony (Triumph-Symphonie) E major for orchestra Op. 6; revised 1881
Orchestral 1:70 106 74 1857–1858 Richard III Richard III A minor for orchestra symphonic poem after the play by William Shakespeare; Op. 11
Orchestral 1:72 111 79 1858–1859 Czech: Valdštýnův tábor Wallenstein's Camp D major for orchestra symphonic poem; Op. 14; after the Wallenstein trilogy by Friedrich Schiller
Orchestral 1:79 118 82 1860–1861 Hakon Jarl C minor for orchestra symphonic poem; Op. 16; after the tragic drama by Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger
Orchestral 1:85 123 91 1862 Czech: Doktor Faust Doctor Faust   for orchestra overture to a puppet play
Orchestral 1:86 125 49 1862–1863 Czech: Našim děvám To Our Girls D major for orchestra polka
revised 1888
Orchestral 1:88 127 94 1863 Czech: Oldřich a Božena Oldřich and Božena   for orchestra overture to a puppet play
Orchestral 1:90 129 95 1864 Czech: Pochod k slavnosti Shakespearově Solemn March for Shakespeare Celebrations E major for orchestra Op. 20
Orchestral 1:92 132 97 1867 Czech: Fanfáry k Shakespearovu dramatu Richard III Fanfares for Shakespeare's Richard III   for brass and timpani
Orchestral 1:95 136 102 1868Czech: Slavnostní předehra k položení základního kamene Národního Divadla Solemn Prelude on the Occasion of Laying the Foundation Stone for the National TheatreC major for orchestra  
Orchestral 1:97 138 103 1869 Czech: Rybář The Fisherman   for harmonium, harp and string orchestra
Orchestral 1:98 139 104 1869 Czech: Libušin soud Libuše's Judgement   for orchestra  
Orchestral 1:112  
110
111
113
114
120
121
 
1872–1874
1874
1875
1875
1878
1879
Czech: [[Má vlast]]
E-flat major
E minor
A minor
G minor
D minor
D minor
for orchestra Cycle of 6 symphonic poems
Orchestral 1:115 123 1879 Czech: Venkovanka The Country Woman G major for orchestra polka; also for piano
Orchestral 1:126 135 1882–1883 Czech: Pražský karneval: Introdukce a polonéza The Prague Carnival   for orchestra Introduction and Polonaise
Chamber music 1:12 35 16 1843 Czech: Fantasie na českou národní píseň „Sil jsem proso“ Fantasy on a Bohemian Song G minor for violin and piano
Chamber music 1:64 96 64 1855 Czech: Klavírní Trio Piano Trio G minor for violin, cello and piano Op. 15; revised 1857, B. 104
Chamber music 1:105 116 1876 Czech: Smyčcový kvartet č. 1 „Z mého života“ String Quartet No.1 "From My Life" (German: Aus meinem Leben) E minor for 2 violins, viola and cello  
Chamber music 1:118 128 1879–1880 Czech: Z domoviny From My Homeland (German: Aus der Heimat), 2 Pieces A major
G minor
for violin and piano
Chamber music 1:124 131 1882–1883 Czech: Smyčcový kvartet č. 2 D minor for 2 violins, viola and cello  
Organ 1:30 52 35 1846 Czech: Šest preludií 6 Preludes C major
C minor
G major
G minor
D major
F major
for organ  
Piano 2:1 3 1831–1832 Czech: Kvapík Galop D major for piano  
Piano 1:1 12 4 1840 Czech: Louisina Polka Louisina Polka (Louise's Polka) D major for piano  
Piano 1:2 13 8 1840 Czech: Jiřinková Polka Georgina Polka (Dahlia Polka) D major for piano  
Piano 1:3 7 5 1840 Italian: Galopp di bravoura Italian: Galopp di bravoura B-flat major for piano  
Piano 1:4 22 6 1841 Italian: Impromptu Impromptu E-flat minorfor piano  
Piano 1:5 23 7 1841 Italian: Impromptu Impromptu B minor for piano  
Piano 1:6 24 11 1842 Italian: Impromptu Impromptu A-flat major for piano  
Piano 1:7 28 13 1842? Italian: Ouvertura Overture C minor for piano 4-hands
Piano 1:8 29 15 1842? Italian: Ouvertura Overture A major for piano 4-hands
Piano 1:9 30 c.1842 Italian: „Ze studentského života“ Polka From Student Life C major for piano polka
revised 1858, B. 110
Piano 1:13 27 17 c.1842 Czech: Duo beze slov Duo without Words (Duet) E major for piano  
Piano 1:14 33 18 1843 Quadrille Quadrille B-flat major for piano  
Piano 2:10 34 19 1843 Czech: Skladba bez názvu (Rhapsodie) Untitled Piece (Rhapsody) A-flat major for piano  
Piano 1:16 36 20 1843–1844 Quadrille Quadrille F major for piano  
Piano 1:15 38 21 1843–1844 Czech: Skladba bez nadpisu (Mazurkové capriccio) Untitled Piece (Italian: Mazurka-Capriccio) C-sharp minor for piano  
Piano 1:17 37 38 1843–1844 Czech: „Vzpomínka na Plzeň“ Polka Souvenir of Pilsen (German: Erinnerung an Pilsen) E-flat major for piano polka
Piano 1:19 40 27 1844Czech: Bagately a impromptus Bagatelles and Impromptus (French: Bagatelles et impromptus)
C major
A minor
G major
E minor
D major
B minor
A major
F-sharp minor
for piano Op. 6
Piano 1:18 39 22 1844 Czech: Valčíky 5 Waltzes C minor
A-flat major
E-flat major
C minor
A-flat major
for piano  
Piano
1:20
1:25
1:21
1:22
1:23
1:81
1844–1862
1844
1845
1845
1845
1845?
1862
Czech: Šest lístků do památníku 6 Album Leaves  
B major
E major
C minor
E-flat minor
A-flat major
C major
for piano  
Piano 1:24 46 1845 French: Pensée fugitive French: Pensée fugitive D minor for piano  
Piano A43 1845 Czech: Pochod válečníků March of the Soldiers D major for piano  
Piano A50 1845 Czech: Venkovský pochod Rustic March B-flat major for piano  
Piano A55 1845 Czech: Triumfalní pochod Triumphant March E major for piano  
Piano 1:26 47 26 1845 Czech: Skladba bez nadpisu Untitled Piece G minor for 2 pianos 8-hands
Piano 3:24 A76 35 1846 Czech: Klavírní sonáta Piano Sonata G minor for piano  
Piano 1:28 50 37 1846 Czech: Polka Polka E-flat major for piano  
Piano 3:18 A57 28 1846 Czech: Etuda (ve formě preludia) Étude in Prelude Form C major for piano  
Piano 3:18 A58 28 1846 Czech: Etuda (ve formě písně) Étude in Song Form A minor for piano  
Piano A60 29 1846 Czech: Charakteristické variace na českou píseň „Sil jsem proso“ Variations on the Czech Song "Czech: Sil jsem proso" G major for piano  
Piano 1:30 52 35 1846 Czech: Šest preludií 6 Preludes   for piano 4-hands
Piano 1:31 53 52 1847
1855
Czech: Lesní city a dojmy: Nocturno Forest Impressions and Emotions: Nocturne F minor for piano  
Piano 1:32 55 48 1847? Italian: Allegro capriccioso Allegro capriccioso B minor for piano  
Piano 1:33 54 1847? Romance Romance B-flat major for piano revised 1883
Piano 1:34 56 1847–1848 Czech: Charakteristická skladba Character Piece (French: Morceau caractéristique) C-flat major for piano 
Piano 1:35 57 44 1847–1848 Czech: Šest charakteristických skladeb 6 Character Pieces  
C major
C minor
G major
G minor
D major
D minor
for piano Op. 1
Piano 1:36 58 45a 1848 Czech: Pochod pražské studentské legie March of the Prague Student Legion
(German: Marsch der Prager Studenten-Legion)
F major for piano  
Piano 1:37 59 45b 1848 Czech: Pochod národní gardy National Guard March (German: Nationalgarde-Marsch) D major for piano  
Piano 2:17 62 42 1848 Caprice Caprice G minor for piano  
Piano 1:42 75 1848–1849 Czech: Lístek do památníku Album Leaf G minor for piano  
Piano 1848–1850 Czech: Lístek do památníku Album Leaf E-flat major for piano  
Piano 1848–1852 Czech: Lístek do památníku Album Leaf F-sharp minor for piano  
Piano 1848–1852 Czech: Lístek do památníku Album Leaf E major for piano  
Piano 1848–1852 Czech: Lístek do památníku Album Leaf G-sharp minor for piano  
Piano 1:60 94 62 1848–1854 Czech: Tři salonní polky 3 Salon Polkas (French: 3 Polkas de salon) F-sharp major
F minor
E major
for piano Op. 7
Piano 1:66 101 68 1848–1857Czech: Črty 1 Sketches I  
F-sharp minor
B major
A-flat major
G-sharp minor
for piano Op. 4
Piano 1:67 102 68 1848–1857Črty 2 Sketches II  
F-sharp major
G-sharp minor
D-flat major
F minor
for piano Op. 5
Piano 1:44 64 41 1849Czech: Svatební scény Wedding Scenes  
C major
A-flat major
A major
for piano  
Piano 1:45 77   Czech: Lístek do památníku Album Leaf A major for piano  
Piano 1:46 78   Czech: Lístek do památníku Album Leaf B-flat major for piano  
Piano 1:47 70 47 1849 Czech: Sonátová věta Sonata Movement E minor for 2 pianos 8-hands
Piano 1:48 72 50 1849–1850 Czech: Poklad melodií [1] A Treasure of Melodies I (French: Trésor de mélodies I)  
C major
A minor
G major
for piano  
Piano 1:49 71 1849–1850 Czech: Poklad melodií [2] A Treasure of Melodies II (French: Trésor de mélodies II) 
C major
G major
D major
A major
E major
for piano  
Piano 1:51 86 53 1849–1850 Czech: Šest lístků do památníku 6 Album Leaves  
C major
A minor
G major
E minor
D major
B minor
for piano Op. 2
Piano 1:65 100 67 1849–1850 Czech: Tři lístky do památníku 3 Album Leaves  
E major
A major
F-sharp minor
for piano Op. 3
Piano
1:53
1:41
1:43
1:54
1:52

84
74
76
85
80

30



1849–1850 Czech: Skladby psané do památníku Album Leaves  
B minor
B-flat major
G major
B minor
E-flat minor
B-flat minor
for piano  
Piano 1:50 73 57 1850 Czech: Rondo pro mládež Rondo for the Young C major for 2 pianos 8-hands
Piano 1:57
1:55
1:56
1:63
90
88
89
93
56
54
55
93
1852–1854 Czech: Polky z let padesátých 4 Polkas from the 1850sE major
G minor
A major
F minor
for piano  

completed 1883
Piano 1:61 95 63 1854 Czech: Tři poetické polky 3 Poetic Polkas (French: 3 Polkas poétiques) E-flat major
G minor
A-flat major
for piano Op. 8
Piano 1:62 97 65 1855? Italian: Andante Andante E-flat major for piano  
Piano 2:42 D49 1857–1858 Cid Cid   for piano incomplete
Piano 2:43 107 70 1858 French: Balada Ballade E minor for piano incomplete
Piano 1:71 109 69 1858 Czech: Vidění na plese (Polka-rhapsódie) Ball-Vision A minor for piano  
Piano 1:71 109 1858 Czech: Polka Polka C major for piano revision of Vidění na plese
Piano 1:73 108 71 1858 Italian: Scherzo-etuda French: Scherzo-Étude C major for piano original version of French: Concert Étude
Piano 1:69 105 72 1858 Czech: Zvědavý, transkripce písně Franze Schuberta z cyklu Krásná mlynářka Transcription of Schubert's German: Der Neugierige B major for piano Op. 10; from Franz Schubert's song cycle German: [[Die schöne Müllerin]]
Piano 1:73 113 75 1858–1859 Czech: Koncertní etuda Concert Étude C major for piano  
Piano 1:75 112 80 1859 Czech: Macbeth, skizza ke scéně „Macbeth a čarodějnice“ ze Shakespeara Macbeth (Macbeth and the Witches) G minor for piano after a scene from William Shakespeare's Macbeth
Piano 1:74 114 81 1859 Czech: Bettina Polka Bettina Polka C major for piano version 1
Piano 1:76 115 83 1859–1860 Czech: Vzpomínky na Čechy ve formě polek French: Souvenir de Bohême en forme de polkas A minor
E minor
for piano Op. 12
Piano 1:77 116 84 1859–1860 Czech: Vzpomínky na Čechy ve formě polek French: Souvenir de Bohême en forme de polkas E minor
E-flat major
for piano Op. 13
Piano 1:80 119 86 1861 Czech: Na břehu mořském, (vzpomínka) koncertní etuda On the Seashore, Concert Étude G-sharp minor for piano Op. 17
Piano 1:83 121 88 1862 Koncertní fantasie na české národní písně Fantasy on Czech Folksongs B major for piano  
Piano 100 1868 Czech: Z Dalibora, Fantasie na temata z opery Czech: Dalibor Fantasy on Themes from the Opera Dalibor   for piano  
Piano 108 1873 Czech: Motivy z opery Czech: Dalibor, Czech: Potpourri Potpourri, Themes from the Opera Dalibor   for piano  
Piano 1874 Czech: Polka z Czech: Dvou vdov Polka from The Two Widows C major for piano  
Piano 1:103 112 1874–1875 Czech: Sny: Šest charakteristických skladeb Dreams (French: Rêves)  
E-flat major
F minor
A minor
E major
B minor
G minor
for piano  
Piano 1:107 112/1 1877 Czech: České tance 1: 4 Polky Czech Dances I: 4 Polkas F-sharp minor
A minor
F major
B-flat major
for piano  
Piano 1:114 112/2 1879 Czech: České tance 2 Czech Dances II  
A minor
B-flat major
A-flat major
C major
G major
D major
A major
E-flat major
B major
F major
for piano Op. 21
Piano 1:115 123 1879 Czech: „Venkovanka“ Polka The Country Woman G major for piano polka; also for orchestra
Piano 1:117 125 1880 Andante Andante F minor for piano  
Piano 1:121 130 1880 Romance Romance G minor for piano  
Piano 1:74 114 81 1883 Bettina Polka Bettina Polka C major for piano version 2
Piano   Czech: Dvojitá fuga Two-voice Fugue   for piano  
Piano   Czech: Třihlasá fuga Three-voice Fugue   for piano  
Piano   Čtyřhlasá fuga Four-voice Fugue   for piano  
Piano 4:4 103 85 1857, 1872   Cadenzas to Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37   for piano  
Piano 4:1 98 1856   Cadenzas to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, KV466   for piano  
Piano 4:2 99 1856?   Cadenza to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, KV491   for piano  
Piano 4:3 130 1864?   Cadenzas to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, KV595   for piano  
Piano     Fragments and Sketches   for piano  
Choral 1846 German: Jesu meine Freude       Chorale
Choral 1846 German: Ich hoffe auf den Herrn       Fugue
Choral 1846 Czech: Lobet den Herrn       Introduction and Fugue
Choral 1846 German: Heilig ist der Herr Zebaoth        
Choral A77 1846 Latin: Scapulis suis obumbrabit tibi dominus     for chorus, horns, strings and organ  
Choral A78 1846 Latin: Medtabitur in mandatis tuis     for chorus, horns, strings and organ  
Choral 1:38 60 1848 Czech: Píseň svobody Song of Liberty   for male chorus and piano  
Choral 1:78 117 1860 Czech: Píseň česká Czech Song   for male chorus or mixed chorus  
Choral 1:84 122 89 1862 Czech: Tři jezdci The Three Riders   for male chorus  
Choral 1:89 126 92 1863 Czech: Odrodilec The Renegade   for male chorus revised 1864, JB 1:91
Choral 1:94 135 99 1868 Czech: Rolnická Farmer's Song (The Peasant)   for male chorus  
Choral 1:96 101 1868 Czech: Česká píseň Czech Song   for chorus and piano or orchestra revised 1878, JB 1:111
Choral 1:99 106 1870 Czech: Slavnostní sbor Festive Chorus   for male chorus  
Choral 1:106 117 1876–1877 Czech: Píseň na moři The Song of the Sea   for male chorus  
Choral 1:109 119 1878 Czech: Tři ženské sbory 3 Female Choruses   for female chorus  
Choral 1:119 126 1880 Czech: Věno The Dower   for male chorus  
Choral 1:120 127 1880 Czech: Modlitba Prayer   for male chorus  
Choral 1:123 132 1882 Czech: Dvě hesla 2 Slogans (French: 2 Mottos)   for male chorus  
Choral 1:125 134 1883 Czech: Naše píseň Our Song   for male chorus  
Vocal 3:25 A70 32 1846 Czech: Pohled mé dívky     for voice and piano  
Vocal 3:25 A71 33 1846 Czech: Sbohem! Farewell!   for voice and piano  
Vocal 1:27 49 34 1846 Czech: Bolest odloučení     for voice and piano  
Vocal 1:29 51 40 1846 Czech: Vyzvání     for voice and piano  
Vocal 1:53 91 58 1853 Czech: Jaro lásky     for voice and piano  
Vocal 1:93 134 98 1867 Czech: O Gustave, můj králi     for voice and piano  
Vocal 1:116 124 1879 Czech: Večerní písně Evening Songs   for voice and piano words by Vítězslav Hálek

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