Bohuslav Martinů Čtyři písně o Marii Sheet Music

Čtyři písně o Marii — A Cappella Choral Cycle for SATB

Completed in Paris on 17 January 1934 and premiered in Prague the following spring by the Vinohradský Hlahol choir, Čtyři písně o Marii is a compact four-movement a cappella cycle for mixed SATB chorus. Running about eleven minutes, the work sets four Moravian folk-song texts compiled by František Sušil, with movements titled Zvěstování, Sen, Snídaní Panny Marie, and Obraz Panny Marie. The score carries the Halbreich catalogue number H 235.

What to know before buying

Published by Tempo (Prague, 1993) as a printed choral score, this is the standard performing edition. Unaccompanied throughout, the piece requires no instrumental forces — only a competent mixed chorus. It suits advanced amateur ensembles and professional chamber choirs seeking a concise Marian-themed twentieth-century Czech work of around eleven minutes.