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String Quartet No. 8 in E major, Op. 80, B. 57
Antonín Dvořák · 1841–1904 · Czech
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, for the violin 1 part
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Violin 1
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 28 min
- Composed
- 1876
- Era
- Late Romantic
Notes
Four movements; revised in 1888, published that year
About this work
- Composed
- 1876 January − February, revised in 1888
- First performed
- 1888/11/19, Hamburg (?)
- Allegro
- Andante con moto
- Allegro scherzando — Trio
- Finale. Allegro con brio
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