Following his early elimination from the ?Prix de Rome?, the sought-after award for composition students at the Paris Conservatoire, Chausson withdrew to the country in summer 1881 and began composing this ambitious work ? out of defiance, so to speamore info
For several years following composition of his first piano quartet, Dvorak's publisher Simrock pushed him to compose a follow-up piece in the genre. The work, written during a few short weeks in summer 1889, fulfilled Simrock's wishes. With his op. 8more info
For 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B flat/A), 2 bassoons, double bassoon, 3 horns (2 in F/E, 1 in B flat/D, with additional part in F), violoncello, double bassWhen Dvorak wrote his Serenade for 10 winds and 2 lower strings in January 1878, the heyday of the more info
For 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B flat/A), 2 bassoons, double bassoon, 3 horns (2 in F/E, 1 in B flat/D, with additional part in F), violoncello, double bassWhen Dvorak wrote his Serenade for 10 winds and 2 lower strings in January 1878, the heyday of the more info