On an Overgrown Path (Czech: Po zarostlém chodníčku) is a cycle of fifteen piano pieces written by Leoš Janáček and organized into two volumes.
[1] At this time, the cycle had only six pieces, intended for harmonium: Our evenings, A blown-away leaf, The Frýdek Madonna, Good night!, The barn owl has not flown away!
[3] On 30 September 1911, Janáček published the first piece of the second series in the Lidové noviny newspapers.
The première of the work took place on 6 January 1905 at the "Besední dům" Hall in Brno.
Series I Series II Series II supplement (paralipomena) — not authorized by the composer for publication After intensive studies of various sources, the German pianist Lars David Kellner published the first version of the 'overgrown path' on his 2013 Janacek album ('The complete original works for piano'), using the earliest sources for Book I and Janacek's original manuscript for Book II.