String Quartet No. 10 in E♭ major, Op. 51 B. 92 (Dvořák)
Movements
i Allegro ma non troppo, ii Dumka: Andante con moto — Vivace, iii Romanza: Andante con moto, iv Finale: Allegro assai
Notes
Dvořák wrote his String Quartet No. 10 in E♭ major, Op. 51 (B. 92), in 1879 at the request of Jean Becker, the leader of the Florentine Quartet. It is sometimes nicknamed the Slavonic Quartet (Becker had asked specifically for a “Slavonic Quartet” in the wake of Dvořák’s “Slavonic Dances” and “Slavonic Rhapsodies”). The Slavonic character of the Quartet derives from the scherzo movement which has the form of a Dumka.
