String Quartet no. 2 in B-flat major B 17 [Bar:BA9540]

Like Dvorák’s third and fourth quartets (in D major and E minor respectively), String Quartet No. 2 in B-flat major was probably composed between 1868 and 1870, when the young and still inexperienced composer was openly responding to stimuli from his musical surroundings and excitedly adopting new compositional techniques. All three quartets were long considered lost; it was even said that Dvorák destroyed them. But copies of the parts resurfaced in the archive of the Prague Conservatory and have served as the principal source for this new publication.

This edition presents the musical text from the “Antonín Dvorák Complete Edition”, together with a new foreword by Hartmut Schick.

- Musical text based on the “Antonín Dvorák Complete Edition”, volume IV/5
- New foreword by Hartmut Schick (Ger/Cz/Eng)

Edition no.: BA 9540
ISMN: 9790260105584

Composer / Author: Dvorák, Antonín
Title: String Quartet no. 2 B-flat major B 17
Detailed instrumentation: Violin (2), Viola, Violoncello
Editor: Pokorný, Antonín / Šolc, Karel

Product format: Set of parts
Includes the following individual parts: Violin (2), Viola, Violoncello
Comments: Replaces H 3439
Level of difficulty (D): 3
Publisher: Bärenreiter
Binding: in a folder
Print run: 1st printing 2014
Pages / Format: 23/23/23/23 pgs. - 31.0 x 24.3 cm
Weight: 376 g

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