The String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, nicknamed the American Quartet, is the twelfth string quartet composed by Antonín Dvořák. It was written in 1893, during Dvořák's time in the United State
The last page of the autograph score with Dvořák's inscription: "Finished on 10 June 1893 in Spillville. Thanks God. I'm satisfied. It went quickly."
Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)
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The Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178, also known as the New World Symphony, was composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1893 while he was the director of the National Conservatory
String Quartet No. 12 (Dvořák)
…together. We like it very much here and, thank God, I am working hard and I'm healthy and in good spirits." He composed the quartet shortly after the New World Symphony, before that work had been performed. Dvořák sketched the quartet in three days and completed it in thirteen more days, finishing the score with the…
Title page of the autograph score of Dvořák's ninth symphony
Opening English horn theme from the second movement of the work
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