War. Folk game with singing and dancing

Folk play with songs and dances VOJNA by E. F. Burian, described by Burian himself as a "voice band montage with ballet on folk poetry texts collected by K. J. Erben", directed by Erben, premiered in 1935 at the D35 theatre. During the Protectorate, Vojna was banned by the Protectorate government for its strong protest against war and violence and for its pacifist message. E. F. Burian returned to it for the last time in 1954 and 1954 respectively. 1955. Since then, only fragments of this work have been staged, and not only because of the difficulty of the acting and singing score, no one attempted to stage it for quite a long time. At present, however, this work of Burian's is gaining in relevance, for example, it was. was introduced by students in Brno as "an expression of solidarity with all those who stand against the occupiers in the war conflict". Our archive recording was made in September 1954 in the Domovina studio. A selection from it was first released by Supraphon in 1956 on standard records (cat. nr. 20389 - 20392), in 1959 this entire recording was released on the album DM 15074"E. F. Burian War. Folk play with singing and dancing". The title is now being released digitally for the first time on Supraphon. EMIL FRANTIŠEK BURIAN (*11. June 1904 - † 9 August 1959)