Editor: Wolfgang Eggerking Fingering: Andreas Groethuysen Format Size 31,0 x 23,5 cm Following the great success of the Slavonic Dances op. 46, the publisher Simrock was extremely happy when Dvořák presented him with the prospect of a new cycle for piano four hands, the “Legends”, in October 1880. Barely a year was to pass before the new work was published. Shortly before this, Dvořák and Simrock had travelled to Karlsbad with the proofs, where the Viennese music critic Eduard Hanslick was taking the waters. They played through the work together and proofread it. Hanslick was delighted and even became the dedicatee of these ten charming pieces. Later he wrote in a review of the Legends that one felt a “sense of pleasure” that “feels doubly good in our pessimistic times”. Legends op. 59 Legend no. 1 d minor op. 59,1 Legend no. 2 G major op. 59,2 Legend no. 3 g minor op. 59,3 Legend no. 4 C major op. 59,4 Legend no. 5 A flat major op. 59,5 Legend no. 6 c sharp minor op. 59,6 Legend no. 7 A major op. 59,7 Legend no. 8 F major op. 59,8 Legend no. 9 D major op. 59,9 Legend no. 10 b flat minor op. 59,10