Quintet in E flat major op.97 (Dvořák)
The Quintet in E flat major for two violins, two violas and cello, Op. 97 wrote Antonin Dvorak between June 26 and August 1, 1893 in Spillville in the United States .
The work was premiered on January 1, 1894 by the extended Kneisl Quartet (Frank Kneisl, Otto Roth, Louis Svěcenski, Alwin Schroeder and Zach) in Boston . The extended Bohemian Quartet (Hoffmann, Josef Suk , Oskar Nedbal, Hanuš Wihan and Ferdinand Lachner) performed Dvořák's quintet for the first time in Europe on October 10, 1894 in a concert by the Czech Chamber Music Association in Prague .
It was published by Simrock in Berlin in 1894.
A performance of the work usually lasts around 30 minutes.
History of origin
Dvořák wrote the quintet, as did the quartet in F major op. 96 , in 1893 during his summer stay in the small community of Spillville in the mid-western state of Iowa . In his function as director of the New York National Conservatory, he was invited by the predominantly Czech-born residents to spend the summer with his compatriots.
The first movement in the sketch was written from June 26th, and in the score from July 1st to 11th. The second movement was written in the sketch from July 11th, in the score from July 12th to 20th, the third in the sketch from July 21st, in the score from July 22nd to 27th and the fourth in the sketch and the score from July 29th to August 1st.
Sentence descriptions
1st movement: Allegro non tanto
3/4 time , key: E flat major
The first movement follows the formal structure of a sonata main movement with three clearly structured basic themes in exposition and recapitulation . The exposition to be repeated is preceded by a 28-cycle introduction. In it the main theme of the viola is announced by a melancholy extension of its beginning.
2nd movement: Scherzo, Allegro vivace
2/2 time, key: B major
3rd movement: Larghetto
3/8 time, key: A flat minor
4th movement: Finale, Allegro giusto
2/2 time, key: E flat major
Web links
- Quintet in E flat major op. 97 (Dvořák) : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project