Asrael

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Asrael. Title of sym. in C minor, Op.27, by Suk, comp. 1906. Asrael is the Angel of Death. Begun as memorial to Dvořák, Suk's father-in-law, in 1904, became memorial also to Suk's wife who died 18 months after her father. Contains quotation from Dvořák's Requiem.

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