In the first movement of this work, the recapitulation begins with the lyrical second theme of the exposition; the main theme of that movement, consisting of dramatic falling fifths and sixths, is quoted at the end of the last movement.
Like its composer's next work in its genre, this piece substitutes a 2-4 dance movement for the scherzo and contains a last movement that alternates between 6-8 and 2-4 time. In the first movement of this work, the recapitulation begins with the lyrical second theme of the exposition; the main theme of that movement, consisting of dramatic falling fifths and sixths, is quoted at the end of the last movement. The instruments are instructed to play "like a trumpet" in the polka section of this work's second movement, for which actual trumpets are used in the orchestral transcription by George Szell. Antonin Dvorak was the violist in the first performance of this work, whose final movement opens with two folk tunes and fades away after the first violin plays a sustained high E to represent the onset of deafness. FTP, name this work by the composer of The Bartered Bride and Ma Vlast, a string quartet with an autobiographical title.
Like its composer's next work in its genre, this piece substitutes a 2-4 dance movement for the scherzo and contains a last movement that alternates between 6-8 and 2-4 time.
String Quartet {No.} 1 or String Quartet in e {minor} by {Bedrich Smetana} [or From {My Life}, or {Z mého života}]