Slavonic Dance No. 8 for Cello and Piano in G minor, op. 46/8, B172
Opus number
46/8
Burghauser catalogue number
172
Date of composition
27 December 1891
Premiere - date and place
8 January 1892, Chrudim
Premiere performer(s)
Hanuš Wihan, Antonín Dvořák
First edition
Editio Supraphon, 1973, Prague
Main key
G minor
Duration
approx. 4 min.
Dvořák’s own arrangement of No. 8 from the first series of Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, written for a concert tour before the composer’s departure for the United States.