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Piano Quartet in E-flat major op. 87
- Instrument: Chamber Music
- Instrumentation: Violin, Viola, Cello & Keyboard
- Sub Category: 3 String Instruments & Keyboard
- Composer: Dvořák, Antonín
- Publisher: Bärenreiter
- Editor/Arranger: Pokorny, Antonin, Solc, Karel
- ISBN: 9790260105539
- Product #: DVORA150
Towards the end of the 19th century the piano quartet was established as a separate sophisticated chamber music genre. It is therefore not surprising that the publisher Fritz Simrock asked Dvoräk for a further contribution to the genre.
The second Piano Quartet in E-flat major op. 87 was composed in the summer of 1889 during a torrent of creativity: "My head is so full, if a human being could only write it all down straight away! [...] It is unexpectedly easy and the melodies simply flow towards me. Thanks be to God!" These words could describe the quartet itself, a work with characteristic carefree tone and clear nationalistic colouring. The primary source for this publication was the first edition (1890).
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