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Antonin Dvorák
(1841-1904)
Serenade for strings in E major, op. 22
Moderato
Tempo di Valse -Trio
Scherzo
Larghetto
Finale
The serenade for strings was
written in 1875 in just 12 days. 1875 was an especially happy year
for Dvorák. A commission in Vienna, which included Brahms
had awarded him a generous stipend for composition. It was the
year he composed the 5th symphony and numerous chamber works. It
is most interesting that he also composed that year another 5 part
string work - the string quintet. His writing for 5 part strings
was inspired at this time as he even completed the full scoring of
the serenade between 3rd and 14th of May. The first performance
was originally intended for later that year in Vienna with Hans
Richter but in the end was not given its premiere until the
following year in Prague by Adolf Cech and the combined strings of
the Czech and German theatres which made up the Prague
Philharmonic.
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© Lygia O'Riordan 2003
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