Description

• Composer: Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
• Format: Set of Parts
• Instrumentation: Cello, Piano, Violin I, Violin II
• Work: Bagatelles (Maličkosti), B. 79, Op. 47
• Binding:
• ISMN: 9790260104884
• Size: 9.3 x 12.2 inches
• Pages: 48
• Urtext / Critical Edition

Description

Dvořák was working on his first series of Slavonic Dances when it was requested that he write a piece for a private circle of chamber enthusiasts, musician friends with whom the composer occasionally performed as violist or harmonium player. Over the course of a few days in May 1878 he produced a quartet for two violins, cello and harmonium, originally entitled Maličkosti (Bagatelles); the printed version later introduced the title Bagatelles. Although the themes are less complicated and fewer demands are made on the players, this cannot be described as music “in a simpler style”.