Dvořák used a melody he had sketched for a proposed American anthem in his String Quintet in E flat major, Op 97, where it appears in the slow movement's theme.
Compositional Technique
The String Quintet in E flat major, Op 97, is permeated with Dvořák's impressions of Native American pentatonic melodies and drum rhythms, particularly in the scherzo second movement.
Composition History
Dvořák composed the String Quintet in E flat major, Op 97, while staying in Spillville, Iowa, a town with a large Czech community, at the persuasion of his secretary Jan Josef Kovarík.
Performer Biography
The Takács Quartet was formed in 1975 at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest by Gabor Takács-Nagy, Károly Schranz, Gabor Ormai, and András Fejér, all of whom were students at the time.
Composer Biography
Antonín Dvořák was invited to be the Director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York in 1891.
Performer Biography
Lawrence Power, one of today's foremost violists, was shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist Award in 2015 for his artistry and musicianship.
Composition History
The opus numbers of Dvořák's String Quartet in A flat major, Op 105, and a companion piece in G major, Op 106, do not reflect their true chronology; Op 106 was composed before Op 105 was completed.
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