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Two Waltzes, Op. 54 Nos. 1 and 4, B. 105 (version for string quartet)

Antonín Dvořák · 1841–1904 · Czech
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Dva valčíky · 2 Waltzes in A and D-flat major
Level 4 · Early advanced — about ABRSM 7 · RCM 8, for the violin 1 part
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Set of pieces
Length
About 7 min
Composed
1880
Era
Late Romantic

Notes

Dvořák's own string-quartet version of Nos. 1 and 4 of the Eight Waltzes

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