Dvorak - String Quartet No. 12, Op. 96 (American) - String Quartet country The character of the “Rhapsodie

The character of the “Rhapsodie espagnole” is very different to that of its Hungarian counterparts – instead of Hungarian boisterousness and deep melancholy

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Their meditative character derives from slow tempos

The American Organist

Dvorak - String Quartet No. 12, Op. 96 (American) - String Quartet country The character of the “RhapsodieOf the works which Antonin Dvorak wrote during his three year sojourn in America, the String Quartet in F major ("American") is the best known after the New World Symphony. It was written essentially without interruption during the course of June 1893 and reflects happy times spent in the hamlet of Spillville over the summer holidays among Czech compatriots, descendants of Czech immigrants, where the composer, surrounded by nature and friends, had the