The "String Sextet in A major" was composed during the time when Antonín Dvorák was beginning to become famous. It was written in1878 during his so-called Slavic period, when the composer wasspecifically enriching his music with folk elements.
This edition is based on the autograph copy as well as the first printed edition of 1879.
- Dvorák’s only string sextet reprinted in a Bärenreiter edition - Based on the "Complete Edition of the Works of Antonín Dvorák", volume IV/9