String Quartet No. 10 (Dvořák)

Antonín Dvořák wrote his String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major Op. 51 (B. 92) in 1879 at the request of the leader of the Florentine Quartet.^[1][2] It is sometimes nicknamed the Slavonic quartet.

Structure

It is composed of four movements:

1. Allegro ma non troppo
2. Dumka: Andante con moto – Vivace
3. Romanza: Andante con moto
4. Finale: Allegro assai

A typical performance lasts about 32 minutes.

References

Notes

Source

• Anderson, Keith (1997). "Liner Notes – Dvorak: String Quartets, Vol. 4 (Vlach Quartet) – Nos. 10, 14, Naxos 8.553374". Naxos. Retrieved July 2013.  Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
• Cargill, Simon (1990). "Liner Notes – Dvorak String Quartets Nº.10 in E-flat major & Nº.11 in C major, Chandos 8837" (PDF). Chandos. Retrieved July 2013.  Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
• Šourek, Otakar; (Trans.)Samsour, Roberta Finlayson. The Chamber Music of Antonín Dvořák (PDF). Czechoslovakia: Artia. 

External links

• "Antonin Dvořák: String quartet no. 10 "Slavonic"". antonin-dvorak.cz. Retrieved November 2013.  Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
• Dvořák Quartet 10: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• Performance of String Quartet no. 10 by the Borromeo String Quartet from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format

Antonín Dvořák
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Symphonies	No. 1 in C minor (The Bells of Zlonice) No. 2 in B♭ major No. 3 in E♭ major No. 4 in D minor No. 5 in F major No. 6 in D major No. 7 in D minor No. 8 in G major No. 9 in E minor (From the New World)
Concertos	Cello Concerto in B minor Cello Concerto in A major Piano Concerto in G minor Violin Concerto in A minor Romance in F minor for violin and orchestra
Orchestra works	A Hero's Song Carnival Overture Czech Suite in D major Hussite Overture In Nature's Realm Legends My Home Nocturne in B Othello Overture Serenade for Strings in E major Slavonic Dances Suite in A major (American) Symphonic Variations The Golden Spinning Wheel The Noon Witch The Water Goblin The Wild Dove Tragic Overture
Vocal music	Moravian Duets Psalm 149 Requiem Saint Ludmilla Stabat Mater
Chamber music	String quartets No. 1 in A major No. 2 in B♭ major No. 3 in D major No. 4 in E minor No. 5 in F minor No. 6 in A minor, Op. 12, B. 40 Andante appassionato in F major B.40a No. 7 in A minor, Op. 16, B. 45 No. 8 in E major No. 9 in D minor, Op. 34, B. 75 No. 10 in E♭ major (Slavonic) String Quartet movement in F major B. 120 No. 11 in C major No. 12 in F major (American) No. 13 in G major No. 14 in A♭ major Cypresses B. 152 Other Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor (Dumky) Romantic Pieces Serenade in D minor for Wind Instruments Silent Woods Sonatina in G major String Quintet No. 2 in G major String Quintet No. 3 in E♭ major (American) String Sextet in A major Terzetto in C
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