String Quartet No. 13 (Dvořák)
composed his String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106,, between November 11 and December 9, 1895. 1895 was an eventful year for him: he returned to Europe from America in April, and his sister-in-law died in May. Upon finishing No. 13, he took back up his No. 14 in A-flat major, which he had begun before this quartet and finished it on December 30 of that year. The quartet in G major was given its first performance by the Bohemian Quartet in Prague, on October 9th 1896.Structure
The string quartet contains four movements and lasts around 35 minutes. The movements are as follows:
