An unfinished work consisting of only one movement. It was conceived as the first movement of a new string quartet commissioned by an ensemble led by Josef Hellmesberger. At the same time, a...Read more

An unfinished work consisting of only one movement. It was conceived as the first movement of a new string quartet commissioned by an ensemble led by Josef Hellmesberger. At the same time, a terrible fire broke out at the Vienna Ringtheater, and Hellmesberger canceled the planned premiere.
Dvořák stopped working on this quartet and switched to composing Quartet No. 11 in C major.
The piece was neither performed nor published during the composer`s lifetime. It was first heard by the public in 1945, and a printed edition was published in 1951.

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