The Bennewitz Quartet incorporated the quartet to their concert cycle, however later refused to play it due to "lack of quartet style". Dvořák was very upset and tore out the title page of the score (probably with dedication to Bennewitz ). The composition was in 1929 reconstructed by Günther Raphael. The work in that version was premiered by the Kramář Quartet (Jan Buchtele, Ferdinand Karhánek, J. Lupínek and Vaclav Kefurt) on 11 January 1930, at the Prague Corn Exchange.
| Date of composition | 1873 (September-October 1873) |
| Premiered | 1930, January 11th |
| Type | String Quartet |
| Tonality | F Minor |
| Catalogue | Op. 9 |
| Instruments |
Viola
Cello 2x Violin |
| Autotranslations beta |
Antonín Dvořák: Quatuor à cordes n°5 en fa mineur, Op. 9 Antonín Dvořák: Quartetto d'archi n. 5 in fa minore, Op. 9 Antonín Dvořák: Streichquartett Nr. 5 f-moll, Op. 9 |