- Dvořák composed this symphony in 1873.1
- This symphony had its first performance on March 29, 1874, in Prague.2 Bedřich Smetana conducted the premiere.3
- Fun fact: This is Dvořák’s only symphony with 3 movements instead of 4 (it lacks a scherzo).4
Sources
- Klaus Döge, “Dvořák, Antonín,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed January 13, 2022, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000051222.
- “Symphony No.3, Op.10 (Dvořák, Antonín),” IMSLP, accessed January 13, 2022, https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.3%2C_Op.10_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k%2C_Anton%C3%ADn).
- Döge, “Dvořák, Antonín,” Grove Music Online.
- Ibid.
Cut IDs
40804