Dvorak - String Quartet No. 11 in C Major Op. 61 - Violin (2), Viola, Cello greeting-card notes on pedalling (Ger/Eng)

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retains the key of c minor and not even the trio with its chorale-like melody lightens the minor mood

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Dvorak - String Quartet No. 11 in C Major Op. 61 - Violin (2), Viola, Cello greeting-card notes on pedalling (Ger/Eng)Dvork composed his ambitious String Quartet in C major op. 61 in the autumn of 1881. It was commissioned by Joseph Hellmesberger Sr., the concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic and first violinist of the Hellmesberger Quartet who however dismissed it as a weak work and never played it in public. Rather, the premiere took place a year later in Berlin with the Joachim Quartet. Dvork, on the other hand, considered his Quartet op. 61 to be the greatest