The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109

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The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109 is a symphonic poem by Antonín Dvořák based on a Czech folk ballad, notable for its vivid orchestration and narrative, programmatic style.

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instanceOf symphonic poem
approximateCompositionPeriod 1890s
basedOn Czech folk ballad "The Golden Spinning Wheel"
poem by Karel Jaromír Erben
catalogNumber Op. 109
composer Antonín Dvořák NERFINISHED
composerNationality Czech
countryOfOrigin Czech lands NERFINISHED
dedicatedTo composer's friend and publisher Fritz Simrock NERFINISHED
genre Romantic orchestral music
program music
hasInstrumentation brass
harp
percussion
strings
woodwinds
inMusicologicalDiscourse example of Dvořák's late style
example of nationalist Romanticism in music
inspiredBy Czech folklore
key A minor
languageOfSourceText Czech
movement single-movement work
narrativeForm programmatic
notableCharacteristic narrative musical structure
vivid orchestration
orchestration large Romantic orchestra
originalTitleLanguage Czech
partOfSeries Dvořák's late symphonic poems NERFINISHED
premiereLocation Prague NERFINISHED
publisher Simrock NERFINISHED
relatedWorkByComposer The Noon Witch, Op. 108 NERFINISHED
The Water Goblin, Op. 107 NERFINISHED
The Wild Dove, Op. 110 NERFINISHED
stylePeriod Romantic
subjectMatter love story
murder and supernatural justice
tragic folk tale
typicalPerformanceLength approximately 25 minutes
uses leitmotifs to represent characters
workNumberInComposerOutput one of Dvořák's last orchestral works
workTitleVariant Zlatý kolovrat NERFINISHED

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Antonín Dvořák notableWork The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109