4 Romantic Pieces, for violin and piano, op. 75
Romantic Piece Violin and Piano
In brief

These Four Romantic Pieces present an intimate, song-like character, made of short lyrical phrases and expressive breaths rather than large virtuosic gestures. Technically, focus will be on the Style romantique (3.1/5) — you must shape the line, use subtle portamento and maintain phrase continuity — and on Tempo rubato (3.1/5), which requires measured flexibility between violin and piano to stretch or compress passages without losing the underlying pulse. The pieces sit in Dvořák’s Romantic-era output as small-scale salon/miniature works that complement his larger chamber music. I do not give a reference recording here because I am not 100% certain of a specific, widely recognized rendition for these pieces.

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Formation

Violin and piano · 2 performers

Required forces
Violin 1 performers
Piano 1 performers
Playable parts
Violin Piano
MusicCoach difficulty
44/100
Elementary
Likely range : 35–52/100
Confidence : 57% · fair confidence
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Exam grade
About grade 4 to 5

Estimated from our difficulty score, not taken from an exam syllabus. Checked against 333 works on the ABRSM syllabus: the exact grade is right 7 times out of 10, and within one grade 99 times out of 100.

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050100

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Difficulty sources
Henle Verlag
4
38/100 normalised · 2 obs.
Henle Verlag
3
28/100 normalised
Henle Verlag
5
50/100 normalised
MusicCoach expertise
55
55/100 normalised
Relative difficulty
8%
Among Antonín Dvořák
4%
Era Romantic
2%
Genre
Estimated skills
Rhythm
Tempo rubato
1
Style
Romantic style
2
Style
Character and style
1
Tone
Touch control
1
Technique
Intonation
1
Technique
Bow legato
1
Interpretation
Dynamics
2
Interpretation
Phrasing
2
Tone
Vibrato
1
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