Piano Trio No. 2 (Dvořák)

Antonín Dvořák's Piano Trio No. 2 in G minor, Op. 26 (B. 57), is a chamber composition, written in 1876.{{cite book |last=Hurwitz |first=David |date=2005 |title=Dvořák: Romantic Music's Most Versatile Genius, Volume 1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qSSSuUs77RYC&pg=PR15 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |page=xv |isbn=9781574671070 |via=Google Books}} The trio was written shortly after the death of his eldest daughter Josefa, and although Dvorak never wrote that the piece was intended as a memorial it is generally regarded as such.{{cite book |last=Hefling |first=Stephen |date=2004 |title=Nineteenth-Century Chamber Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-j6TAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA333 |publisher=Routledge |page=333 |isbn=9781135887629 |via=Google Books}} The Presto - Trio movement foreshadows the more well-known Slavonic Dances.{{cite book |last=Honolka |first=Kurt |author-link=Kurt Honolka |date=2004 |title=Dvořák |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAVSQlZr-i4C&pg=PA160 |publisher=Haus Publishing |page=35 |isbn=9781904341529 |via=Google Books}}

It was written 4th to 20th January 1876, and first performed 29th June 1879,[https://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:About Piano Trio No.2, Op.26 (Dvořák, Antonín)] International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) at Turnov, by Ferdinand Lachner and Alois Neruda, with the composer playing the piano.{{cite web |title=Piano Trio No. 2 in g minor, Op. 26, B. 56 |url=https://www.earsense.org/chamber-music/Antonin-Dvorak-Piano-Trio-No-2-in-g-minor-Op-26-B-56/ |website=www.earsense.org |access-date=12 April 2025}}