Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 5
Composer: Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Editors: Jarmil Burghauser, Karel Šolc Format: Set of Parts Instrumentation: Piano Quintet (Piano, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello) Work: Piano Quintet No. 1 in A Major, B. 28, Op. 5 Binding: ISMN: 9790260108035 Size: 9.6 x 12.2 inches Pages: 87 Urtext / Critical Edition Description In 1887 Antonín Dvorák revised several of the works he had composed in the 1860s and 1870s, most of which he then published for the first time. in this context he asked the music critic Ludevít Procházka to return a manuscript copy of the Piano Quintet in A major op. 5 (B 28), composed 15 years earlier. But after thoroughly revising the work he declined to publish it; instead, he wrote a new piano quintet in the same key – the famous op. 81. And so, the manuscript copy he requested from Procházka remains the sole source for this early piece of chamber music. This edition replaces the older H2783.