String Quintet No. 2 (Dvořák)
It is scored for two violins, viola, cello, and double bass. First marked as Op. 18, it was later slightly revised in 1888 as Op. 77. It has since been assigned the Burghauser number B. 49. Dvořák entered the piece in a competition and was awarded 5 ducats for the composition. The work bears the competition's motto, "To my Nation", as its dedication.
Although the original work was scored in five movements, Dvořák later withdrew the second movement, entitled "Intermezzo," due to concerns that having two slow movements made the work too lengthy. This extracted movement had been based on the central section, marked 'Andante religioso', of his
The work was published in 1888 by Simrock, not under its original opus number 18, but as Opus 77.
Structure
The quintet consists of four movements:
Selected recordings
- String Quintet No. 2, String Sextet. CD Supraphon (11 1461-2 131).
- The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Dvorak Serenade. Perf. Joseph Silverstein, Ani Kavafian, Paul Neubauer, Gary Hoffman, Edgar Meyer. CD. Delos, 1995.
References
- Dvořák Quintet in G Major, Opus 77. New York: International Music Company.
- Eshima, Shinji; David Kadarauch (1989). Dvořák Intermezzo. San Francisco, California: Agogic>Systems Music Publishers.
External links
- String Quintet No. 2 (Dvořák): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- String Quintet No. 2 on a comprehensive Dvorak site
- Performance of String Quintet No. 2 by The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3format