Skocna
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Skočná is a rapid Slavic folk-dance, normally in 2/4 metre. Czech composers Antonín Dvořák
and Bedrich Smetana
used this dance, the latter in the third act of The Bartered Bride
where it is danced by a circus troup and is often known as the Dance of the Comedians. Dvorak's 5th, 7th and 11th Slavonic Dances
are in the form of the skočná.
Antonín Dvorák
Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
and Bedrich Smetana
Bedrich Smetana
Bedřich Smetana was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style which became closely identified with his country's aspirations to independent statehood. He is thus widely regarded in his homeland as the father of Czech music...
used this dance, the latter in the third act of The Bartered Bride
The Bartered Bride
The Bartered Bride is a comic opera in three acts by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, to a libretto by Karel Sabina. The opera is considered to have made a major contribution towards the development of Czech music. It was composed during the period 1863–66, and first performed at the...
where it is danced by a circus troup and is often known as the Dance of the Comedians. Dvorak's 5th, 7th and 11th Slavonic Dances
Slavonic Dances
The Slavonic Dances are a series of 16 orchestral pieces composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1878 and 1886 and published in two sets as Opus 46 and Opus 72 respectively. Originally written for piano four hands, the Slavonic Dances were inspired by Johannes Brahms's own Hungarian Dances and were...
are in the form of the skočná.