The String Quartet No. 14 in A? major, Op. 105, B. 193, was the last string quartet completed by Antonín Dvořák, even though it was published before his String Quartet No. 13 (which appeared with the higher opus number Op. 106). Dvořák finished his Fourteenth Quartet in 1895, when he had returned to Bohemia after his visit to America. The gestation of the Quartet had actually begun in America and lasted six months, which was rather protracted for the composer. This Quartet marked an important point in Dvořák's development because he would devote himself almost exclusively to writing explicit program music, namely symphonic poems and operas, afterwards.
Date of composition | 1895 (Between March and December 1895) |
Premiered | 1896, October 20th in Prague, Czech Republic |
Type | String Quartet |
Tonality | A-flat Major |
Catalogue | Op. 105 |
Approx. duration | 40 minutes |
Instruments |
Viola
Cello 2x Violin |
Autotranslations beta |
Antonín Dvořák: Quatuor à cordes n°14 en la bémol majeur, Op. 105 Antonín Dvořák: Quartetto d'archi n. 14 in la bemolle maggiore, Op. 105 Antonín Dvořák: Streichquartett Nr. 14 As-dur, Op. 105 |