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‘American’ Quartet

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | 264 words | Copyright

‘American’ Quartet. Name by which Dvor̆ák's str. qt. in F, Op.96, is generally known. Comp. in USA, 1893 and partly inspired by Negro melodies, hence its former names, now frowned on, of ‘Negro’ or ‘Nigger’ Qt.

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