String Quartet

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  String Quartet No. 13

  Antonín Dvořák composed his String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106, B. (Burghauser number) 192, between November and December 9, 1895. 1895 was an eventful year for him: he returned to Europe from America and his sister-in-law and first love both died. Upon finishing the String Quartet No. 13 in...
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  String Quartet No. 1

  String Quartet No. 1 ("From My Life",in Czech: "Z mého života") in E minor, written in 1876, is a four-movement Romantic chamber composition by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana. After the deaf Smetana moved in 1876 from Prague to Jabkenice, he hoped, that his handicap wouldn't be permanent. In...

• String Quartet

  Claude Debussy wrote his sole String Quartet in G minor, opus 10 in 1893. The previous year Debussy had abandoned the opera Rodrigue et Chimène. He planned to write two string quartets only one of which materialized. The quartet received its premiere on December 29, 1893 by the Ysaÿe Quartet at the...

• String Quartet No. 16

  The String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135, by Ludwig van Beethoven was written in October 1826 and was the last substantial work he finished. Only the last movement of the Quartet Op. 130, written as a replacement for the Große Fuge, was written later. It was premiered by the Schuppanzigh...

• String Quartet

  The String Quartet in C minor, Pp. 35, was begun by Ernest Chausson in 1898 and the composer had fully scored all but part of the third and last movement before he died in an accident in 1899. Relying on the drafts left behind by Chausson, Vincent d'Indy completed the final movement and the string...

• String Quartet No. 13

  Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 13 in B flat minor (Op. 138) was first conceived in 1969, and completed in 1970 as Shostakovich was undergoing treatment at an orthopedic clinic in Kurgan. The work consists of one movement: Playing time is approximately 19 minutes. The piece was dedicated...

• String Quartet No. 2

  The String Quartet No. 2, written in 1881, by Alexander Borodin is a work in four movements: It was written in Zhitovo, while staying with his friend, the minor composer Nikolai Lodyzhensky. 1881, the year of its composition, also saw the composition of the symphonic poem In the Steppes of Central...

• String Quartet No. 18

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's String Quartet No. 18 in A major K. 464, the fifth of the Quartets dedicated to Haydn, was completed in 1785 Mozart's autograph catalogue states as the date of composition "1785. / the 10th January". It is in four movements: The whole piece is characterized by the use of...

• String Quartet No. 9

  Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 9 in C major was published in 1808 as opus 59, no. 3. It consists of four movements: This work is the last of three quartets commissioned by prince Andreas Razumovsky, then the Russian ambassador to Vienna. String Quartets Nos. 7 - 9, Opus 59 - Rasumovsky ...

• String Quartet No. 6

  Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 6 in B♭ major was published in 1801 as opus 18, no. 6, and was written between 1798 and 1800. There are four movements: The first movement is in sonata form. The first theme starts in B♭ with a conversation between the first violin and the cello. After a...