7
String Quartet No. 11 in C major, Op. 61, B. 121
Antonín Dvořák · 1841–1904 · Czech
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, for the violin 1 part
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Violin 1
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 38 min
- Composed
- 1881
- Era
- Late Romantic
Notes
Four movements; first performed by the Joachim Quartet in Berlin (1882)
About this work
- Composed
- 1881 (November 10)
- First performed
- 1882 November 2, Berlin; Joachim Quartet: Joseph Joachim, Heinrich de Ahna, Emanuel Wirth, Hugo Dechert
- Allegro
- Poco adagio e molto cantabile
- Scherzo. Allegro vivo — Trio
- Finale. Vivace
A step before · level 6
A step after · level 8
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