Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Eclogue" in English language version.
The form of the "Eclogue," or pastoral poem, has a certain traditional significance for Czech musicians. The name as applied to a musical piece seems to have originated with the famous ultra-conservative Bohemian pedagogue, Václav Tomašek, 1774-1850, who, departing from the conventional classic path of the sonata, allowed his fancy free play in a series of lyrical pieces for pianoforte called Eclogues (1807), Rhapsodies (1810) and Dithyrambs (1818). Dvořák adopted the title of Eclogue for one of his pianoforte works and Šín has carried it down to contemporary music in the pleasant idyll published in the Album.
