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Line 1: {{~~for~~For\|the 2000 Czech film "Kytice"\|Wild Flowers (2000 film)}} '''''Kytice z pověstí národních''''' (''A Bouquet of Folk Legends''), also known by the short title '''''Kytice''''' ([[Czech language\|Czech]] for ''[[nosegay\|bouquet]]''~~; pronounced {{respell\|KEE\|tyee-tseh}}~~), is a collection of [[ballad]]s by the [[Czech ~~literature\|Czech]]~~ author [[Karel Jaromír Erben]]. The collection was first published in [[1853 in literature\|1853]] and ~~was~~ originally ~~made up~~consisted of 12 poems. ''Lilie'' was added to the second edition in 1861. ~~# Kytice~~ ==Poems== ~~# Poklad (Treasure)~~ # ''{{illm\|Kytice (poem){{!}}Kytice\|cs\|Kytice (báseň)}}'' # Svatební košile (The Wedding Shirts)▼ # ''{{illm\|Poklad (poem){{!}}Poklad\|cs\|Poklad (Kytice)}}'' (Treasure) ~~# Polednice ([[Lady midday]])~~ ▲# ''{{illm\|Svatební košile\|cs}}'' (The Wedding ~~Shirts~~Shirt) # Zlatý kolovrat (The Golden Spinning-Wheel)▼ # ''{{illm\|Polednice (poem){{!}}Polednice\|cs\|Polednice (Kytice)}}'' ([[Lady midday]]) # Štědrý den (Christmas Eve)▼ ▲# ''{{illm\|Zlatý kolovrat\|cs}}'' (The Golden Spinning-Wheel) ~~# Holoubek (Little Dove)~~ ▲# ''{{illm\|Štědrý den\|cs\|Štědrý den (Kytice)}}'' (Christmas Eve) # Záhořovo lože (Záhoř's Bed)▼ # ''{{illm\|Holoubek (poem){{!}}Holoubek\|cs\|Holoubek (balada)}}'' (Little Dove) # Vodník (The [[Vodnik (mythology)\|Water-Goblin]])▼ ▲# ''{{illm\|Záhořovo lože\|cs}}'' (Záhoř's Bed) ~~# Vrba (Willow)~~ ▲# ''{{illm\|Vodník (poem){{!}}Vodník\|cs\|Vodník (Kytice)}}'' (The [[Vodnik (mythology)\|Water-Goblin]]) ~~# Lilie (Lily)~~ # ''{{illm\|Vrba (poem){{!}}Vrba \|cs\|Vrba (Kytice)}}'' (Willow) # Dceřina kletba (Daughter's Curse)▼ # ''{{illm\|Lilie (poem){{!}}Lilie \|cs\|Lilie (Kytice)}}'' (Lily) ~~# Věštkyně (Seeress)~~ ▲# ''{{illm\|Dceřina kletba\|cs}}'' (Daughter's Curse) # ''{{illm\|Věštkyně\|cs\|Věštkyně (Kytice)}}'' (Seeress) ==Translations== {{Wikisource\|Garland}} There are two full translations into English in print, Marcela Sulak (2012), ''A Bouquet of Czech Folktales'', Prague, Twisted Spoon Press, and Susan Reynolds (2012), ''Kytice'', London, Jantar Publishing.{{sfnp\|Hames\|2014\|p=331}} Marcela Sulak's translation has been used for subtitling performances of [[Antonín Dvořák\|Dvořák]]'s adaptations in Prague and the film version at the [[Warsaw Film Festival]].<ref>{{citation\|last=Rechcigl \|first=Miloslav Jr. -\|title=Marcela Sulak \|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Bohemian and Czech-American Biography \|volume=2 \|publisher=AuthorHouse \|year=2016 \|isbn=9781524620691 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cIKQDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT262}}</ref> 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 [[Dvořák Museum\|Antonin Dvořák Museum]] in Prague in 2004, which were lauded as "brilliant".<ref>{{citation\|last=Gabrielová \|first=Jarmila \|author-link=Karel Jaromír Erben \|title=The Work of Antonin Dvořák (1841–-1904). Aspects of Composition —- Problems of Editing —- Reception, Prague, September 8–11, 2004 \|journal=Journal of the Institute of Musicology of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts \|volume=5 \|year=2005 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DrifAAAAMAAJ&q=Kytice \|page=434}}</ref> ''Svatební košile'' was translated under the title "Spectre's Bride" by {{illm\|Josef Štýbr\|cs}}.<ref>{{citation\|last=Erben \|first=Karel Jaromír \|author-link=Karel Jaromír Erben \|others=Štýbr, Josef (tr.) \|title=Spectre's Bride \|journal=The Czechoslovak Review \|volume=3 \|year=1919\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ebFNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP9 \|pages=298–300}}</ref> ==Adaptations== The ''Kytice'' collection has inspired several adaptations for various media: ;Films * [[Wild Flowers (2000 film)\|''Kytice'' ~~(''Wild Flowers'')~~]], a 2000 Czech drama film directed by [[{{illm\|F. A. Brabec]]\|cs}} depicting 7 of the poems: Kytice, Vodník, Svatební košile, Polednice, Zlatý kolovrat, Dceřina kletba, Štědrý den * ''Svatební košile'', a 1978 Czech [[Animated cartoon\|animated short]] directed by Josef Kábrt * ''Svatební košile'', a 1925 Czech film directed by and starring [[Theodor Pištěk (actor)\|Theodor Pištěk]] ;Music * [[The ~~Specter~~Spectre's Bride\|''Svatební košile'' (''The ~~Specter~~Spectre's Bride'')]], Ballad for soprano, tenor, bass, chorus and orchestra, Op. 69, B. 135 (1884) by [[Antonín Dvořák]] * ''Svatební košile'' (''The Spectre's Bride''), Ballad for soprano, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra, H. 214 I A (1932) by [[Bohuslav Martinů]] * [[The Noon Witch\|''Polednice'' (''The Noon Witch'', or ''The Noonday Witch'')]], Symphonic Poem for orchestra, Op. 108, B. 196 (1896) by [[Antonín Dvořák]] * [[The Golden Spinning Wheel (Dvořák)\|''Zlatý kolovrat'' (''The Golden Spinning Wheel'')]], Symphonic Poem for orchestra, Op. 109, B. 197 (1896) by [[Antonín Dvořák]] Line 31 ⟶ 44: * ''Vodník'', Melodrama for narrator and orchestra, Op. 15, H. 267 (1883) by [[Zdeněk Fibich]] * ''Lilie'', Melodrama by [[Otakar Ostrčil]] * ''Lilie'', Melodrama for reciter and piano 4-hands, Op. 23 by [[{{illm\|Eugen Miroslav Rutte]]\|cs}} * ''Kytice'', A Tribute to K. J. Erben (2007) by [[Libor Tinka]] ;Opera * ''Vodník'', Opera in 4 acts (1937) by [[{{illm\|Boleslav Vomáčka]]\|cs}}; libretto by [[{{illm\|Adolf Wenig]]\|cs}} ;Theatre * ''Kytice'', a 1972 loose [[musical theatre]] adaptation by [[Jiří Suchý]] and [[Ferdinand Havlík]] (music), one of the most popular pieces the [[Semafor (theater)\|Semafor]] theatre ==References== ;Citations {{Reflist}} ;Bibliography {{refbegin}} ;(translations) {{citation\|ref={{SfnRef\|Erben\|Sulak (tr.)\|2012}}\|last=Erben \|first=Karel Jaromír \|others=Sulak, Marcela (tr.) \|title=A Bouquet of Czech Folktales \|location=Prague \|publisher=Twisted Spoon Press \|year=2012 \|isbn=9788086264417}} {{citation\|ref={{SfnRef\|Erben\|Reynolds (tr.)\|2013}}\|last=Erben \|first=Karel Jaromír \|others=Reynolds, Susan (tr.); [[Alén Diviš\|Diviš, Alén]] (illustr.) \|title=Kytice \|location=London \|publisher=Jantar Publishing \|year=2013 \|isbn=978-0-9568890-2-7}} ;(secondary sources) {{citation\|last=Hames \|first=Peter \|title=The Czech and Slovak Fairy-Tale Film \|work=Fairy-Tale Films Beyond Disney: International Perspectives \|publisher=Routeledge\|year=2014 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mc-PCgAAQBAJ&pg=139 \|pages=139–147\|isbn=9781134628131 }} {{refend}} == External links== [[s:cs:Kytice z pověstí národních\|Full Czech language text of ''Kytice'']] at [[Wikisource]] {{in lang\|cs}} * [http://www.radio.cz/en/article/58317 Several rhymed translations and an interview with the translator Susan Reynolds] at [[Radio Prague]] website, 19 September 2004: transcript and [[RealAudio]] archive * [http://www.twistedspoon.com/bouquet.html ''A Bouquet''] Full English translation by Marcela Sulak. * Marcela Sulak's English translation of [http://www.lochravenreview.net/2011Fall/erben.html#1 "Willow"] at Loch Raven Review. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20131220102001/http://www.jantarpublishing.com/kytice.html ''Kytice''] Full English translation by Susan Reynolds. {{Authority control}} [[Category:Czech poetry]] [[Category:Ballad collections]] {{czech-stub}} {{poetry-stub}} ~~[[cs:Kytice (sbírka)]]~~