The Noon Witch, Op. 108

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The Noon Witch, Op. 108 is a symphonic poem by Antonín Dvořák based on a Czech folk ballad about a terrifying midday spirit who punishes disobedient children.

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The Noon Witch, Op. 108 canonical 5

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf symphonic poem ⓘ
basedOn Czech folk ballad ⓘ
poem "Polednice" by Karel Jaromír Erben ⓘ
catalogueNumber B. 196 ⓘ
composer Antonín Dvořák ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Czech lands ⓘ
depicts arrival of the noon witch at midday ⓘ
increasing terror of the mother and child ⓘ
tragic outcome caused by fear ⓘ
firstPublicationPlace Prague ⓘ
genre program music ⓘ
symphonic poem ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Polednice, Op. 108 ⓘ
The Noon Witch ⓘ
hasCharacter child ⓘ
mother ⓘ
noon witch ⓘ
hasInstrumentationSection brass ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
strings ⓘ
woodwinds ⓘ
hasKey D minor ⓘ
hasMood dark and dramatic ⓘ
macabre ⓘ
hasTitleInOriginalLanguage Polednice ⓘ
influencedBy Czech national style ⓘ
Slavonic musical idioms ⓘ
inspiredBy Czech folklore ⓘ
intendedFor concert performance ⓘ
languageOfSourceText Czech ⓘ
musicalForm through-composed ⓘ
narrativeTheme punishment of disobedient children ⓘ
terrifying midday spirit ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 108 ⓘ
orchestration full symphony orchestra ⓘ
partOfSeries Dvořák's late symphonic poems ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
placeInComposerOutput late orchestral work ⓘ
relatedWorkByComposer The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109 ⓘ
The Water Goblin, Op. 107 ⓘ
The Wild Dove, Op. 110 ⓘ
structure single-movement work ⓘ
style late Romantic orchestral writing ⓘ
subjectMatter child death ⓘ
parental threat ⓘ
supernatural ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDuration about 13 minutes ⓘ
uses colorful orchestration ⓘ
dramatic dynamic contrasts ⓘ
leitmotifs for characters ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Antonín Dvořák → notableWork → The Noon Witch, Op. 108 ⓘ
The Water Goblin, Op. 107 → followedBy → The Noon Witch, Op. 108 ⓘ
The Water Goblin, Op. 107 → relatedWork → The Noon Witch, Op. 108 ⓘ
The Wild Dove, Op. 110 → followedBy → The Noon Witch, Op. 108 ⓘ