Antonin Dvorak

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String Quartet No. 10, Op. 51

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Dvorak - String Quartet No. 10, Op. 51



  • Dvorak - String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 51 - I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
  • Dvorak - String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 51 - II. Dumka
  • Dvorak - String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 51 - III. Romanza
  • Dvorak - String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 51 - IV. Finale Allegro Assai
  • Performed by: The Musopen String Quartet
    Publisher: Musopen Kickstarter Project


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Antonín Dvořák wrote his String Quartet No. 10 in E♭ major, Op. 51 (B. 92), in 1879 at the request of Jean Becker, the leader of the Florentine Quartet. It is sometimes nicknamed the Slavonic Quartet (Becker had asked specifically for a "Slavonic Quartet" in the wake of Dvořák's "Slavonic Dances" and "Slavonic Rhapsodies"). The quartet was dedicated to Jean Becker; it was first performed by the Joachim Quartet at a private chamber music evening on July 29, 1879, in Berlin. It was published by Simrock, Berlin, in 1879.

Structure

It is composed of four movements:

  1. Allegro ma non troppo

  2. Dumka: Andante con moto — Vivace

  3. Romanza: Andante con moto

  4. Finale: Allegro assai

The Slavonic character of the Quartet derives from the scherzo movement which has the form of a Dumka, and from the last movement, which according to Šourek is 'an art stylization of the very characteristic Czech "skočna".'

A typical performance lasts about 32 minutes.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_Quartet_No._10_(Dvořák) / License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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