About the work
Bohuslav Martinů's Špalíček (H. 214), completed in 1932 and subtitled "Ballet from folk games, customs, and fairytales—Ballet-revue", premiered at Prague's National Theatre in 1933. Its title (The Chapbook or The Little Block) refers to eighteenth-century Bohemian folk-song books sold at fairs. Based on Czech folklore and children's games, the work consists of a prologue followed by three acts of episodes treating Puss in Boots, the Cobbler and Death, and the legends of Dorothea and Cinderella.
From the Wikipedia article “Špalíček (ballet)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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