[1] Composed in 1872 in Prague, it was premiered in November that year.
It was not published then and Dvořák lost the autograph over the years, having to ask a friend for a copy when he revised the work in 1887.
The revised version was not performed until 1922, 18 years after his death.
[2] The composition consists of three movements: A typical performance takes approximately 28 minutes.
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