Czech Song, Smetana's only cantata for mixed choir and orchestra set to a text by revivalist poet Jan of&nbsp; Hvezda, has long been part of the fundamental Czech choral repertoire. The composer completed the definitive version for the above-mentioned combination of performers in 1878; it was published for the first time in 1882 in the original arrangement with two-hand piano accompaniment. The first critical edition of the score came out in 1941 as part of the Study Edition of the Works of Bedrich Smetana. This was the edition Karel Solc used to produce a full piano reduction for our current edition. The title is available in both its Czech and German versions. <br><br>