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⇒ 5 more: Violin 2 • Viola 1 • Viola 2 • Cello 1 • Cello 2
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First edition
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Engraver
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Leipzig: C.G. Röder.
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Publisher. Info.
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Berlin: N. Simrock, 1879. Plate 8127.
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Copyright
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Misc. Notes
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⇒ 5 more: Violin 2 • Viola 1 • Viola 2 • Cello 1 • Cello 2
Publisher. Info.
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Berlin: N. Simrock, n.d.[1879]. Plate 8127.
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Reprinted
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later reprint with edition "992 Elite Edition".
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Publisher. Info.
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Leipzig: Eulenburg, No.337, n.d.(ca.1912). Plate E.E. 6182.
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Misc. Notes
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Date from KVK. (Simrock/UE also reprinted the work in 1912, in instrumental parts.)
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General Information
Work Title
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String Sextet
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Alternative. Title
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Name Translations
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Sextett A-Dur op. 48; 弦楽六重奏曲; Sextuor à cordes de Dvořák; Sexteto de cuerdas (Dvořák)
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Name Aliases
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Sextett A-Dur für 2 Violinen, 2 Violen und 2 Violoncelli op.48; Sextuor op. 48; Sextuor à cordes; Sextuor a cordes de Dvorak; String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48
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Authorities
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WorldCat; Wikipedia; LCCN: no96018243
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Composer
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Dvořák, Antonín
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Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.48 ; B.80
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IAD 104
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Key
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A major
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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4 movements:
- Allegro moderato
- Dumka (Elergie). Poco allegretto
- Furiant. Presto
- Finale. Tema con variazioni. Allegretto grazioso, quasi andantino
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1878 (14 to 27 May)
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First Performance.
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1879
- (private) 29 July 1879 Berlin: Joachim Quartet
- (public) 9 November 1879 Berlin: Joachim, Heinrich de Ahna, E. Wirth, Robert Hausmann,(the Joachim Quartet) with Heinrich Jacobsen (viola), Hugo Dechert (cello)
- 23 Feb 1880 London: Joachim, Ries, Straus, Zerbini, Pezze, Piatti
- 10 April 1880 New York: Richard Arnold (NY Phil 1885-1909) and the Philharmonic Club
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First Publication.
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1879 – Berlin: N. Simrock
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Average DurationAvg. Duration
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29-30 minutes
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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Piece Style
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Romantic
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Instrumentation
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2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos
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External Links
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Wikipedia article antonin-dvorak.cz Hyperion Records
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Navigation etc.
The first publisher Simrock's editor in chief Robert Keller, in a letter to the composer of 26 May 1879, criticized the schereiende und unaufgeloste Dizssonanzen (shrill and unresolved dissonances) of the first movement, in response to which Dvorak shortened the exposition by 45 measures and cut 20 measures from the development.
Chamber Music for Strings by Antonín Dvořák
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String Quartets
- String Quartet No.1 in A major, Op.2/B.8 (1862)
- String Quartet No.2 in B-flat major, B.17 (1869)
- String Quartet No.3 in D major, B.18 (1869-70)
- String Quartet No.4 in E minor, B.19 (1870)
- String Quartet No.5 in F minor, Op.9/B.37 (1873)
- String Quartet No.6 in A minor, Op.12/B.40 (1873)
- Andante appassionato in F major, B.40a (1873)
- String Quartet No.7 in A minor, Op.16/B.45 (1874)
- String Quartet No.8 in E major, Op.80/B.57 (1876)
- String Quartet No.9 in D minor, Op.34/B.75 (1877)
- String Quartet No.10 in E♭ major 'Slavonic', Op.51/B.92 (1878-79)
- String Quartet No.11 in C major, Op.61/B.122 (1881)
- Echo of Songs, B.152 (1887)
- String Quartet No.12 in F major 'American', Op.96/B.179 (1893)
- String Quartet No.13 in G major, Op.106/B.192 (1895)
- String Quartet No.14 in A♭ major, Op.105/B.193 (1895)
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String Trios
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String Quintets
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String Sextets
- String Sextet, Op.48 in A major, Op.48/B.80 (1878)
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