Intimate Sketches (Janáček)
Intimate Sketches is a collection of piano miniatures by Czech composer Leoš Janáček published in 1994, sixty-six years after his death.
The music
The thirteen pieces in the set, each only a minute or two long, were gathered from manuscripts and ephemeral publications, notably the People's News. Nos. 5, 6, 7, and 8 here are Nos. 3, 5, 12, and 13 respectively in the Album for Kamila Stösslová.| No. | Catalogue | Date | Czech title | English title | German title |
| 1. | JW VIII/31 | published 1927 | Malostranský palác | Malá Strana Palace | Kleinseiten-Palais |
| 2. | JW VIII/29 | composed c. 1920–1926 | Bez názvu | Untitled | Ohne Titel |
| 3. | JW VIII/26 | published 1923 | Melodie | Melodie | Melodie |
| 4. | JW VIII/21 | published 1911 | Moderato | Moderato | Moderato |
| 5. | JV VIII/33/3 | composed 1927 | Jen slepý osud? | Just blind fate? | Nur blindes Schicksal? |
| 6. | JW VIII/33/5 | composed 1928 | Aby už se nemohlo jíti nikdy zpět | So you can never return | Damit man nie zurück könnte |
| 7. | JW VIII/33/12 | composed 1928 | Zlatý kroužek | The golden ring | Der goldene Ring |
| 8. | JW VIII/33/13 | composed 1928 | Čekám Tě! | Waiting for you! | Ich erwarte Dich! |
| 9. | JW IX/1 | composed 1877 | Rondo | Rondo | Rondo |
| 10. | JW VIII/9 | composed c. 1887 | Na památku | In memoriam | Zum Andenken |
| 11. | JW V/2/28 | composed 1896 | Své Olze | My Olga | Meiner Olga |
| 12. | JW V/14 | published 1920 | Ukolébavka | Lullaby | Wiegenlied |
| 13. | JW VIII/20 | published 1909 | Narodil se Kristus pán | Christ the Lord is born | Geboren ist Herr Jesu Christ |