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Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87, B. 162
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
- 1889
- Era
- Late Romantic
Notes
Four movements; the later of Dvořák's two piano quartets
About this work
- Composed
- 1889 (July 10-August 19)
- First performed
- 1890 (October 17) in Frankfurt am Main; Hugo Heermann (violin); Ernst Welcker (viola); Hugo Becker (cello); Martin Wallenstein (piano)
- Allegro con fuoco
- Lento
- Allegro moderato, grazioso - Un pochettino più mosso
- Finale. Allegro ma non troppo
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