Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7 in Full Score

by Antonín Dvořák

While the immense popularity of Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World," has somewhat overshadowed his other symphonic works, the two symphonies reprinted here are superb compositions in their own right. Indeed, the Symphony No. 7 in D Major is considered by many music authorities to be Dvořák's finest achievement in the symphonic form. Its strong, concise development, great emotional depths, and heroic spirit have won the work many admirers among critics and public alike.
Regarding the Symphony No. 6, Grove's Dictionary has this to "The joyous Symphony in D Major, Op. 60, full of the fragrance and melody of the Czech fields and forests, full of light and cheerful courage, with the furiant in the scherzo, is a work of striking originality."
This handsome, durable volume affords music lovers the opportunity to study these great scores, carefully and accurately reproduced from an authoritative German edition.

288 pages, Paperback

First published April 26, 1994

About the author

Works, such as Slavonic Dances (1878), of Antonín Leopold Dvořák, a Czech, often incorporate folk music; he composed From the New World (1893), his final symphony, as director of the national conservatory in city New York from 1892 to 1895.

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Reviews

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fine symphonies but that's not what I'm reviewing, obviously. The absence of measure numbers in a study score is sometimes exasperating. No obvious errors, though, unlike some Dover scores.