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. It is sometimes nicknamed the Slavonic quartet.
Structure
It is composed of four movements:
- Allegro ma non troppo
- Dumka: Andante con moto – Vivace
- Romanza: Andante con moto
- Finale: Allegro assai
A typical performance lasts about 32 minutes.
References
String Quartet No. 10 (Dvořák) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA