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String Quartet No. 2 in B-flat major, B. 17

Antonín Dvořák · 1841–1904 · Czech
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, for the violin 1 part
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Full work
Length
About 45 min
Composed
1869
Era
Late Romantic

Notes

Very long early quartet (about 45 minutes); first published in 1962

About this work

Composed
1869
First performed
2021/09/15
  1. Allegro ma non troppo
  2. Largo
  3. Allegro con brio
  4. Andante - Allegro giusto
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