String Quartet No. 7 (Dvořák)

According to Sourek, Dvořák began composition of this quartet in the middle of September 1874, completing the second movement on 17 September, the third on 21 September and the fourth on 24 September.{{harv|Šourek|p=69}} He dedicated the work to the conductor Ľudevít Procházka. It was first performed at a meeting of the "Circle of Young Musicians" on 17 June 1875, and publicly at a concert of the "Society for Chamber Music" in Prague, on 29 December 1878, the performers on this occasion being Antonin Bennewitz, Eduard Wittich, Vilem Bauer and Bruno Wilfert. The quartet was published in parts by Emanuel Stary of Prague in 1875, and in score and parts by Bote & Bock of Berlin in 1893. Its duration is around {{frac|23|1|2}} minutes.

The quartet is in four movements, as follows:

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|Allegro ma non troppo, A minor, {{music|time|3|4}}

|Andante cantabile, F major, {{music|time|4|4}}

|Allegro scherzando, A minor, {{music|time|3|2}}

|Allegro ma non troppo, A minor, {{music|time|2|2}}

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• {{cite book|title=Antonin Dvorak complete catalogue of works, (The Dvorak Society occasional publications no. 4), 4th revised edition, 2004 |pages= 20–21 |last=Herbert and Trufitt |first=Peter J F and Ian T |publisher=The Dvorak Society for Czech and Slovak Music |ISBN=0-9532769-4-5 }}
• {{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/chambermusicofan00souruoft|title=The Chamber Music of Antonín Dvořák|last1=Šourek|first1=Otakar|last2=(Trans.) Samsour|first2=Roberta Finlayson |publisher=Artia |location=Czechoslovakia |ref={{harvid|Šourek}}}} p. 69
• See also: [http://www.antonin-dvorak.cz/en/string-quartet7 English language version of page about Dvorak's String Quartet No 7 at a Czech site]

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