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Antonín Dvořák

String Quartet No. 2 (Dvořák)

The String Quartet No. 2 in B major, B. 17, was probably composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1869, early in his compositional career. It was one of three (together with Nos. 3, and 4) which Dvořák later

Background#

Despite Dvořák’s efforts to destroy the work, copies of the individual instrumental parts were discovered at the beginning of the 20th century, allowing its reconstruction. It received its first performance in private by the Ondricek Quartet, Prague, on 16 November 1932. It is of over 45 minutes’ duration, making it Dvorak’s second-longest chamber work. The parts and score were included in the Souborné vydání díla (complete critical edition), series 4, volume 5, dated 1962 and published by Barenreiter in 2014.

Structure#

The quartet is in four movements:

  • English language version of page about Dvořák’s String Quartet No 2 at a Czech site *
Composer
Antonín Dvořák