Tags: Classical Music Composition.
Ballad of Blaník (Czech: Balada Blanická) originally titled The Knights of Blaník (Czech: Blaničtí rytíři) is a symphonic poem composed in 1920 by Leoš Janáček based on a text by Jaroslav Vrchlický. It was Janáček’s third symphonic poem. The piece is written in the key of A flat minor. Its première was in Brno on 21 March 1920.