String Quartet No. 9 (Dvořák)

Antonín Dvořák finished the composition of his String Quartet No. 9 in d minor, Op. 34, (B. 75) on 18/12/1877, having probably started it in July of that year.^[1]

Background

The work was composed in the months after the deaths of two of Dvorak's children; it is dedicated to Johannes Brahms. Dvorak revised it in 1879, and Herbert/Truffit suggests that the first performance may have been given by the Quartetto Heller, in Trieste, on 14/12/1881.^[1] Sourek, however gives a first performance at a concert of the Musical Section of the Umělecká beseda (Arts Discussion Group) in Prague on February 27th, 1882, by Ferdinand Lachner, Petr Mares, Vaclav Borecky and Alois Neruda.^[2]

Structure

The work is composed in four movements:^[2]

Allegro, D minor, 3 / 4
Alla Polka, Allegretto scherzando, B flat major / g minor, 2 / 4 (with Trio, Quasi I'istesso tempo, E flat major, 3 / 8)
Adagio, D major, 3 / 4
Poco allegro, D minor, 6 / 8

Notes

1 2 (Herbert/ Trufitt Pp.30/31)
1 2 (Šourek, p. 58)

References

Herbert and Trufitt, Peter J F and Ian T. Antonin Dvorak complete catalogue of works, (The Dvorak Society occasional publications no. 4), 4th revised edition, 2004. The Dvorak Society for Czech and Slovak Music. ISBN 0-9532769-4-5. p. 30/31.
Šourek, Otakar; (Trans.)Samsour, Roberta Finlayson. The Chamber Music of Antonín Dvořák (PDF). Czechoslovakia: Artia.

External links

String Quartet No. 9 on a comprehensive Dvorak site

String quartets	String Quartet No. 1 in A major String Quartet No. 2 in B♭ major String Quartet No. 3 in D major String Quartet No. 4 in E minor String Quartet 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 String Quartet No. 8 in E major No. 9 in D minor, Op. 34, B. 75 String Quartet No. 10 in E♭ major (Slavonic) String Quartet movement in F major String Quartet No. 11 in C major String Quartet No. 12 in F major (American) String Quartet No. 13 in G major String Quartet No. 14 in A♭ major Cypresses quartet (Dvořák)

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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String quartets by Antonín Dvořák

No. 1 in A major, Op. 2, B. 8 No. 2 in B flat major, B. 17 No. 3 in D major, B. 18 No. 4 in E minor, B. 19 No. 5 in F minor, Op. 9, B.37 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, Op. 80, B. 57 No. 9 in D minor, Op. 34, B. 75 No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 51, B. 92 (Slavonic) Quartet movement in F major, B. 120 No. 11 in C major, Op. 61, B. 121 12 Cypresses, B. 152 No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, B. 179 (American) No. 13 in G major, Op. 106, B.192 No. 14 in A flat major, Op. 105, B. 193

List of compositions by Antonín Dvořák

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