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String Sextet in A major, Op. 48, B. 80
Antonín Dvořák · 1841–1904 · Czech
For 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, for the violin 1 part
Listen
- Ensemble
- String sextet or larger
- Hardest part
- Violin 1
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 30 min
- Composed
- 1878
- Era
- Late Romantic
Notes
Two violas and two cellos; the second and third movements are a Dumka and a Furiant
About this work
- Composed
- 1878 (14 to 27 May)
- First performed
- 1879; (private) 29 July 1879 Berlin: Joachim Quartet; (public) 9 November 1879 Berlin: Joachim, Heinrich de Ahna, E. Wirth, Robert Hausmann,(the Joachim Quartet) with Heinrich Jacobsen (viola), Hugo Dechert (cello); 23 Feb 1880 London: Joachim, Ries, Straus, Zerbini, Pezze, Piatti; 10 April 1880 New York: Richard Arnold (NY Phil 1885–1909) and the Philharmonic Club
- Allegro moderato
- Dumka (Elergie). Poco allegretto
- Furiant. Presto
- Finale. Tema con variazioni. Allegretto grazioso, quasi andantino
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