Concertino for Flute, Viola and Double bass

The Concertino for Flute, Viola and Double Bass was composed in Prague (1925). During this period, Schulhoff was fascinated by the rustic culture of Ruthenia, the easternmost part of pre-World War II Czechoslovakia. Numerous folk idioms of that region have been noted in this composition: an accompanying figure at the beginning of the first movement (a Russian Orthodox litany), and a Ruthenian love song in the third movement. Additionally, motives from the Czech dance are employed in the second movement.