Classical Composer: | Dvořák, Antonín |
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Work: | String Quartet No. 4 in E Minor, B. 19 |
Year Composed: | 1870 |
Instrumentation: | str qt |
Publisher: | Supraphon Music Publishing |
Duration: | 00:35:00 |
Period: | Romantic |
Work Category: | Chamber Music |
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Dvořák's String Quartet in E minor, B.19 was written probably in 1870, to be rejected by the composer, who found further use for the Andante religioso at its heart in his Nocturne, Op. 40 for string orchestra, and in his String Quintet, Op. 77. In other respects, the Quartet in E minor was intended to share the fate of two other early quartets, surviving, in spite of the composer, in parts to be first published in 1968. The E minor work is in three sections, the first an Allegro, leading to the Andante religioso, with its nocturnal shades, followed by a final Allegro con brio. The outer sections make considerable use of the higher registers of the first violin in writing that some have found over-Wagnerian. The Andante religioso makes a return in the third section, leading to a brief final Allegro vivace and concluding Presto.
Writer: Keith Anderson
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