PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Šálek, Cyril
TI  - The Lullaby Scene in Smetana's Opera Hubička [The Kiss]
DP  - 2018 Jun 11
TA  - Musicologica Olomucensia
PG  - 104--109
VI  - 27
IP  - 1
AID - 10.5507/mo.2018.008
IS  - 27879186
AB  - An analysis of one particular scene from the opera Hubička verifies the validity (or merit) of the statement by Gustav Mahler, who compared the compositional masterpiece in the first act of Hubička to the first act of Wagner's Die Walküre [The Valkyrie]. The scene in which Vendulka puts the baby to sleep is embedded in the context of Smetana's other operas, where simple song forms are employed. Although Smetana used very simple musical acts connected to folklore, he managed to incorporate them in elaborate structures: in the case of the analysed scene, it is a two-part aria in the Italian bel-canto opera style.