- Dvořák composed his Rondo in g minor for cello and piano in 1891, for a farewell concert tour of Bohemia he undertook in 1892. Later that year he moved to the USA to accept a position at the National Conservatory of Music.1
- Dvořák brought his friends Ferdinand Lachner (violinist) and Hanus Wilhan (cellist) on his farewell tour, and they performed Dvořák’s piano trios with the composer at the piano, as well as solo pieces for each string player, like this Rondo.2
- Dvořák arranged this work for cello and orchestra in 1893. This orchestral version was published in Berlin in 1894.3
- Listen for: Typical rondo form: the opening theme recurs throughout the piece, alternating with secondary themes.4 In this case, the rondo form is ABACABA, with A as the opening theme, B and C as secondary themes.5
Sources
- Klaus Döge, “Dvořák, Antonín,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed September 5, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000051222.
- “Rondo for Cello and Orchestra,” Antonin-Dvorak.cz, accessed September 5, 2019, http://www.antonin-dvorak.cz/en/rondo-for-cello-and-orchestra.
- Döge, “Dvořák, Antonín,” Grove Music Online.
- Harvard Dictionary of Music, 4th ed., s.v. “Rondo” (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003).
- “Rondo for Cello and Orchestra,” Antonin-Dvorak.cz, accessed September 5, 2019, http://www.antonin-dvorak.cz/en/rondo-for-cello-and-orchestra.
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