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String Quartet No. 10 (Dvořák)

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(Redirected from B. 92) Dvorak's "Slavonic" String Quartet

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

I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Dumka: Andante con moto — Vivace
III. Romanza: Andante con moto
IV. Finale: Allegro assai Performed by the Musopen String Quartet
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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.

References

Notes
  1. (Anderson 1997)
  2. (Cargill 1990)
  3. ^ (Šourek)
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