String Quintet in G major op. 77

New detailed foreword by Dvo ák scholar David Beveridge (Eng/Cz/Ger).

Dvo ák’s String Quintet in G Op.77, had five movements when it was premiered on 18 March 1876. Its second movement was the Intermezzo from his String Quartet in E minor (1870). Later Dvo ák removed this movement from the Quintet, expanded it, and published it as a separate Notturno for String Orchestra Op.40. The Intermezzo is included in its original version in the appendix of the score.

This edition is based on the Complete Edition of the Works of Antonín Dvo ák, the principal source being the first edition of 1888, for which Dvo áksubjected the work to revision.