The composition was dedicated to the director of Prague Conservatory, Josef Krejčí [cs], who was Dvořák's teacher of music theory at the Prague Organ School. No actual performance has been documented before 1888, when the revised version of the work was played at a concert of the Umělecká beseda (Arts Discussion Group) in the Rudolfinum in Prague. The players were members of the orchestra of the National Theatre, Karel Ondříček, Jan Pelikán, Petr Mareš and Alois Neruda.
| Date of composition | 1862 (March 1862. Revised in 1887.) |
| Premiered | 1888, January 6th in Prague, Czech Republic |
| First published | 1948 |
| Type | String Quartet |
| Tonality | A Major |
| Catalogue | Op. 2 |
| Approx. duration | 33 minutes |
| Instruments |
Viola
Cello 2x Violin |
| Autotranslations beta |
Antonín Dvořák: Quatuor à cordes n°1 en la majeur, Op. 2 Antonín Dvořák: Quartetto d'archi n. 1 in la maggiore, Op. 2 Antonín Dvořák: Streichquartett Nr. 1 A-dur, Op. 2 |