• Authentic version based on a newly rediscovered source
• Foreword by Dvorák biographer David R. Beveridge (Eng/Cz/Ger)
• Critical Commentary (Eng) by the editor

The discovery of a lost source to Antonín Dvorák's “Nocturne” in B major op. 40 provides new insights into the genesis of the composition and the composer's intended final form of this lyrical little piece for string orchestra.

The musical material of what was later to be named “Nocturne” was initially elaborated in the String ...