Dvořák: Dumky Piano Trio, Op. 90

Description

• Composer: Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
• Editor: Klaus Döge
• Format: Set of Parts
• Instrumentation: Piano Trio (Piano, Violin, Cello)
• Work: Piano Trio No. 4 in E Minor (“Dumky”), B. 166, Op. 90
• Binding:
• ISMN: 9790201807997
• Size: 9.3 x 12.2 inches
• Pages: 75
• Urtext / Critical Edition

Description

“At certain points it will be like a serious song, at others like a happy dance …” was how Dvořák described the work which he was composing at the time to a friend in 1890. The word “Dumka” (plural “Dumky”) actually describes a Slavic dance-form with a noticeable alternation between melancholic and dance-like boisterous passages. The Dumka is a recurring theme in Dvořák’s chamber music; although always only as a single movement. The unusual form of this piano trio – it has a succession of six “Dumky”, each with its own very distinctive character and great expressiveness – means that it is one of the Czech master’s best-loved works.