G. Henle Verlag Dumky: Piano Trio op. 90 - Dvorak/Doge - Piano Trio - Book

Author/Composer:

DVORAK, ANTONIN

Instrumentation:

PIANO TRIO

Model #:

51480799

Composer: Antonin Dvorak
Editor: Klaus Doge
Piano Fingering: Andreas Groethuysen
Format: Softcover, Urtext Edition
Instrumentation: Piano Trio (Violin, Cello, Piano)

"At certain points it will be like a serious song, at others like a happy dance..." This was how Dvorak 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 Dvorak'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.