String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, "American"

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String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, "American" is a celebrated chamber work by Antonín Dvořák, composed during his stay in the United States and noted for its incorporation of American folk and spiritual influences within a classical string quartet form.

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instanceOf chamber music composition ⓘ
string quartet ⓘ
alsoKnownAs American Quartet ⓘ
approximateDuration 25–30 minutes ⓘ
catalogNumber Op. 96 ⓘ
composer Antonín Dvořák ⓘ
compositionYear 1893 ⓘ
countryOfComposition United States of America ⓘ
dateComposed 1893 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Josef Kovařík (copyist and friend, associated with work) ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1894-01-01 (approximate, year 1894) ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation Boston, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
genre Romantic music ⓘ
string quartet ⓘ
inCatalogue B. 179 ⓘ
influencedBy African American spirituals ⓘ
American folk music ⓘ
Native American music (stylized) ⓘ
key F major ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
movement I. Allegro ma non troppo ⓘ
II. Lento ⓘ
III. Molto vivace ⓘ
IV. Finale: Vivace ma non troppo ⓘ
movementCount 4 ⓘ
nickname American ⓘ
notableFeature evocation of American landscape and idioms ⓘ
prominent use of viola and cello lines ⓘ
use of pentatonic melodies ⓘ
notableRecording Budapest String Quartet recording (20th century) ⓘ
Emerson String Quartet recording ⓘ
ordinalNumber 12 ⓘ
partOf Dvořák string quartets ⓘ
periodOfComposition Dvořák's American period ⓘ
placeComposed Spillville, Iowa, United States ⓘ
linked to: Spillville, Iowa
publisher Simrock ⓘ
reception considered one of Dvořák's most popular chamber works ⓘ
standard repertoire piece for string quartets ⓘ
relatedWork String Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97 ⓘ
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World" ⓘ
scoredFor cello ⓘ
two violins ⓘ
viola ⓘ
structure four-movement classical string quartet form ⓘ
style late Romantic ⓘ
title String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 ⓘ
workPeriod Romantic era ⓘ
writtenDuring Dvořák's directorship of the National Conservatory of Music of America ⓘ

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Antonín Dvořák → notableWork → String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, "American" ⓘ
Spillville, Iowa → associatedWork → String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 "American" ⓘ
linked to: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, "American"
String Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97 → relatedWork → String Quartet in F major, Op. 96 "American" ⓘ
linked to: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, "American"