Symphony in E flat Major (score & parts)
by Antonin Dvorak
Bassoon - Sheet Music

Item Number: 19906891
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2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 B-flat clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 F horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, timpani, percussion, violins, violas, cellos, double basses

SKU: LH.LMP-OR1210S-P

Composed by Antonin Dvorak. Arranged by Andrew Beer. Score & parts. Composed 2012. 360 pages. Duration 29:00. Lighthouse Music Publications #LMP OR1210S/P. Published by Lighthouse Music Publications (LH.LMP-OR1210S-P).

8.5 x 11 inches.

Dvorak's string quartets are works which demand an extremely broad range of colours and textures from string players. One could say that these pieces attempt to achieve "orchestral" textures in a string quartet setting. By transferring this music to a larger palette, a full orchestra with winds, brass and percussion, the music sonically expands in a way which is not possible in a string quartet.  The Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 51, calls upon traditional forms of song and dance in Eastern Europe, including the polka, dumka and other Czech dances. Indeed, it is in many ways similar to Dvorak's famous Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, which were written just a year earlier. This arrangement of the Op. 51 Quartet is the first in a series of Dvorak's chamber music pieces which Mr. Beer plans on arranging for full orchestra.