Dvořák String Quartet No. 12 in F Major (I)

Op. 96, B. 179
American
Mov. 1
Allegro ma non troppo
Performed by: Emerson String Quartet

[@jubjub2112]

Musical perfection! I fell in love with Dvorak while living in Prague . . . and this piece . . . the American Quartet . . . has its place with the greatest of all compositions by any of the masters . . . Brilliant!

[@kyleclef]

yes, i also love playing the viola part in this, i think dvorak was quite generous in giving us an interesting part.

[@quotonj]

I'm in highschool band and we're playing an arrangement for just percussion. It's a cool twist on it with the sound of marimbas, xylophones, chimes, etc. instead of strings.

[@ValleyLane]

thx for uploading, i have this CD too. the best version i think.

[@4MalletPrincess]

@quotonj Our sophomore percussion ensemble is playing that arrangement this year and I have the opportunity to conduct it! I'm very excited and nervous to see it all turn out.

[@quotonj]

That's cool. Our ensemble finally finished learning the whole piece today. We still have to perfect it and actually play it full tempo though. :[

[@davidov1712]

This piece of music is absolutely wonderful! Bravo!!!

[@Nachtmusik02]

I don't know... I like the way the Emerson quartet performed it. It might be technical, but they emphasize each part and color. I love hearing the individual parts and how they all fit together. A quartet is about unity.

[@doublabatteries]

the viola part is the best (:

[@13taylorlautnerlover]

@akitaliu22 i play viola too and i think the viola solos in this are amazing

[@linkink825]

i am playing this for the MIC [music institute of Chicago] the academy. we are playing it like the Emerson quartet. we played it better though. we put a lot more passion into playing it. they are to technical, they need more love

[@emieldelange]

In what way is the romantic era simpler. If anything the harmonies have become much more complex with more emotional and dissonant colouring

[@gleedads]

Hahaha! That's hilarious! It reminds me of a Monty Python animation. The nerd in me (never very far below the surface) has to ask whether anyone reading this knows enough about how graphics are displayed in Flash to explain why it's doing that?

[@smilekaka22]

Yeah! another viola player. I love playing it too. The viola part is very interesting

[@TurboTsunami19]

The Emerson String Quartet

[@linkink825]

that was my friend too

[@silentsteps]

And yet people still love it.

[@Moe_498]

This song is now known for King Kong Balls

[@gleedads]

Generous? That seems to be selling violas short to be saying that a good part given to them is generosity. ;-) But I agree that this movement is worth paying attention to on the merits of how fantastic a viola part it has. And there are lots of other reasons to like this movement as well.

[@OrlandoAponte]

Actually, there is a lot of polyphony in romantic music. The simplest "classical" music is classical era (Haydn/Mozart etc). Bach was extremely complex, but so is Mahler and Beethoven.

[@battleblades]

Hey, saejonhshin. There is some controversy on whether this is his 12th or 6th. Don't worry-you're not wrong-but you're not right either!!!! :-)

[@cclementi6]

haha as the video goes on the quality gets worse and worse

[@GAP120GAP]

I want op 54 no. 1 and op 54 no 5 :( but I can't find it...

[@PeterShin]

Hm. No, the version I have is wrong.

[@PeterShin]

I believe this is Quartet No. 6 and not 12

[@linkink825]

That was my friend, not me.

[@wigwamjuice]

batman and robin hood.

[@PeterShin]

oh, ok.

[@linkink825]

i'm a hobo

[@Zerlock1124]

you know, you can delete those comments...