String Quintet No. 2 (Dvořák) String Quintet No. 2 (Dvořák) Antonín Dvořák's String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 77 (B. 49), was originally composed in early March 1875 and first performed on March 18, 1876 in Prague at the concert of the "Umělecká beseda". It is scored for two violins, viola, cello, and double bass. First marked as Op. 18, it was later slightly revised in 1888 as Op. 77. It has since been assigned the Burghauser number B. 49. Dvořák entered the piece in a competition and was awarded 5 ducats for the composition. The work bears the competition's motto, "To my
String Quintet No. 1 (Brahms) a beautiful work from me." String Quintet No. 1, Op. 88 String Quintet No. 1 (Brahms) Johannes Brahms' String Quintet No. 1 in F major, op. 88, was composed in 1882 in the spa town of Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, and published by the firm of Fritz Simrock. It was first performed at a chamber music evening in Frankfurt-on-Main on 29 December 1882. It is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored for string quartet with a second viola. Brahms composed the work in three movements: Brahms described the quintet to his friend Clara Schumann as "one of [his]