7
Piano Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 23, B. 53
Antonín Dvořák · 1841–1904 · Czech
For violin, viola, cello, piano
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, for the piano part
Listen
- Ensemble
- Piano quartet
- Hardest part
- Piano
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 35 min
- Composed
- 1875
- Era
- Late Romantic
Notes
Three movements; the central Andantino is a theme with variations
About this work
- Composed
- 1875 (May 24-June 10)
- First performed
- 1880 (December 16) in Prague; Václav Kopta (violin); Petr Mareš (viola); Alois Neruda (cello); Karel Slavkovský (piano)
- Allegro moderato (D major. )
- Andantino con variazioni (B minor. )
- Finale. Allegretto scherzando (D major. )
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