String Quintet in G major op. 77 [Bar:TP577]

Edited by Frantisek Bartos and Antonin Pokorny

TP 577 | Study Score

Dvorak's String Quintet in G major op. 77, had five movements when it was premiered on 18 March 1876. Its second movement was the Intermezzo from his String Quartet in E minor (1870). Later Dvorak removed this movement from the quintet, expanded it, and published it as a separate Notturno for string orchestra op. 40. The Intermezzo is included in its original version in the appendix of the score.

Dvorak's famous quintet with double bass

New detailed foreword by Dvorak scholar David Beveridge (Eng/Cz/Ger)

Musical text based on the Complete Edition of the Works of Antonin Dvorak (Series IV, Vol. 8)