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 (IMSLP)
• Performance of String Quartet no. 10 by the Borromeo String Quartet from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format