 "The Water Goblin" is scored for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, tam-tam, bells and strings.The work had its full public premiere in London on 14 November 1896.It had received a semi-public performance on 1 June 1896 at the Prague Conservatory under Antonín Bennewitz.