Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90
This guide follows Dvořák’s Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 “Dumky” (1891) in six parts: Lento maestoso – Allegro quasi doppio movimento, Poco adagio – Vivace non troppo, Andante – Vivace non troppo, Andante moderato (quasi tempo di marcia) – Allegretto scherzando, Allegro and Lento maestoso – Vivace quasi doppio movimento.
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Follow all 21 sections as they play
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This first sets the pattern for the rest. After a few of curtain-raiser, the violin plays a simple, sad made of rising and falling sixths. Soon the turns to major and the doubles: the cello takes up the same at its original speed, now in long notes, while the violin decorates it with falling thirds. Slow and fast sections alternate in slightly different forms, with new sections (A, B and A′) following the .
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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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