Otilie Suková

Piano Pieces

Otilie Suková was the daughter of Antonín Dvorák and the wife of Josef Suk. A gifted musician, she played the piano and wrote several compositions of her own, inspired by her musical surroundings. Four of her piano pieces have survived; Suk wrote them down after his wife's performance. 'Lullaby', 'Humoresque' and 'Joey on the Horsie' were published four years after her death as a supplement to the periodical Zlatá Praha. 'To Dear Daddy' appears here for the first time in print. It is based on two manuscripts; the first is Suk's manuscript, the second is Otilie's clean copy of Suk's manuscript.