String Quartet No. 13 (Dvořák) Explained

Antonín Dvořák composed the String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106 (B. 192), between November 11 and December 9, 1895.^[1] It was first performed by the Bohemian Quartet in Prague on 9 October 1896.^[1]

Structure

The string quartet contains four movements and lasts around 35 minutes. The movements are as follows:

(Dvořák's works have a confusing history of conflicting opus numbers, and so Jarmil Burghauser catalogued them more consistently in his book Antonín Dvořák; thematický katalog, bibliografie, přehled života a díla (Antonín Dvořák: Thematic Catalog, Bibliography, Life and Work), first published in 1960. It is because of this that Antonín Dvořák's compositions have Burghauser numbers used sometimes to identify them, with 192 used for this quartet.)^[2]

Further reading

• Notes to the Chilingirian Quartet recording of the Quartet, made in 1991 (Chandos 8874)
• Dvořák, Antonín. Five Late String Quartets. New York: Dover Publications, 1986. . Reprint of N. Simrock of Berlin publications – String Quartets Nos. 10–14 originally published 1879–96.

External links

• • List of Dvořák Chamber works with Burghauser numbers
• Recording by the Huberman Quartet (archived on the Wayback Machine on 2006-08-31)

Notes and References

1. Book: The Chamber Music of Antonín Dvořák. Otakar Šourek.

   cs:Otakar Šourek

   . Roberta Finlayson Samsour. Artia. Czechoslovakia. 14 March 2018.
2. – General Information