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Antonín Dvořák

String Quartet No. 10 (Dvořák)

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

Structure#

It is composed of four movements: 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#

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      • performed by the Borromeo String Quartet from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (in MP3 format)
Composer
Antonín Dvořák