Kytice
Kytice z pověstí národních, also known by the short title Kytice, is a collection of ballads by the Czech author Karel Jaromír Erben. The collection was first published in 1853 and originally consisted of 12 poems. Lilie was added to the second edition in 1861.
Poems
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Translations
Marcela Sulak's translation has been used for subtitling performances of Dvořák's adaptations in Prague and the film version at the Warsaw Film Festival. The edition is illustrated with artwork by Alén Diviš.
Susan Reynolds' translations were years in the making; she had read some of her translations at a symposium at the Antonin Dvořák Museum in Prague in 2004, which were lauded as "brilliant".
Svatební košile was translated under the title "Spectre's Bride" by.
Adaptations
The Kytice collection has inspired several adaptations for various media:;Films
- Kytice, a 2000 Czech drama film directed by depicting 7 of the poems: Kytice, Vodník, Svatební košile, Polednice, Zlatý kolovrat, Dceřina kletba, Štědrý den
- Svatební košile, a 1978 Czech animated short directed by Josef Kábrt
- Svatební košile, a 1925 Czech film directed by and starring Theodor Pištěk
- Svatební košile, Ballad for soprano, tenor, bass, chorus and orchestra, Op. 69, B. 135 by Antonín Dvořák
- Svatební košile, Ballad for soprano, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra, H. 214 I A by Bohuslav Martinů
- Polednice, Symphonic Poem for orchestra, Op. 108, B. 196 by Antonín Dvořák
- Zlatý kolovrat, Symphonic Poem for orchestra, Op. 109, B. 197 by Antonín Dvořák
- Štědrý den, Melodrama for narrator and piano or orchestra, Op. 9, H. 198 by Zdeněk Fibich
- Holoubek, Symphonic Poem for orchestra, Op. 110, B. 198 by Antonín Dvořák
- Vodník, Symphonic Poem for orchestra, Op. 107, B. 195 by Antonín Dvořák
- Vodník, Melodrama for narrator and orchestra, Op. 15, H. 267 by Zdeněk Fibich
- Lilie, Melodrama by Otakar Ostrčil
- Lilie, Melodrama for reciter and piano 4-hands, Op. 23 by
- Kytice, A Tribute to K. J. Erben by Libor Tinka
- Vodník, Opera in 4 acts by ; libretto by
- Kytice, a 1972 loose musical theatre adaptation by Jiří Suchý and Ferdinand Havlík, one of the most popular pieces the Semafor theatre