The Water Goblin, Op.107 / B.195
Dvorak, Antonin / Cubr, Antonin![The Water Goblin, Op.107 / B.195](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/151/15142582/CHSBZCOP0315142582.jpg)
The first of four late tone poems inspired by "Bouquet", a collection of ballads by Karel Jaromir Erben based upon Czech folklore, The Water Goblin was composed from January 6 to February 11 of 1896. The folk legend concerns a horrific tale about a water goblin who pulls a girl beneath a lake when she ventures too close, fathers a child with her and ultimately murders the child when the girl attempts to escape his watery lair. The four tone po...