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Antonín Dvořák

String Quartet no. 6 in A minor, B.40, op. 12

B. 40

Chamber

Antonín Dvořák composed his String Quartet No. 6 in A minor, B. 40 Op. 12, in November and December 1873, finishing it on 5 December. He later revised it, but at this stage left the work unfinished. After a reconstruction by Jarmil Burghauser, with minimal additions, a first recording was made by the Prague String Quartet, for Deutsche Grammophon, in March and April 1977.

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Movements

  1. Allegro ma non troppo. , A minor → D major → A major
  2. Poco allegro — Trio. , F major → B♭ major (the foot of the trio is marked "Scherzo D.C." even though the movement as a whole is not titled "Scherzo")
  3. Poco adagio. , E major → C major → 1 bar of → E major
  4. Finale. Allegro molto. , A major → G♭ major with triplets → A major

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