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String Quartet in C major op. 61 SE

pocket score

Edited by Jost, Peter
Setting: String Quartet
Instrumentation: 2 Violins, Viola, Violoncello
Length: 68 pages
Weight: 0.155 kg
Published: 2020
Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
Item number: HN7399
Other reference: HN 7399
ISMN: 9790201873992
Composed in autumn of 1881, Opus 61 is the last of Dvorák’s ''middle'' quartets by chronology for which Beethoven and Schubert served as the most significant models. Beethoven’s influence, from thematic development to motivic treatment, is particularly noticeable in this work in C major. It is only in the finale that the typical Slavic tonal quality usually found in Dvorák’s music surfaces somewhat more prominently. Due to a lack of time, the composer - contrary to his usual practice - turned to
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