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31String Quartet No. 2 (Prokofiev) — Sergei Prokofiev wrote his String Quartet No. 2 in F Major (Op. 92) in 1941.BackgroundProkofiev, along with other Soviet artists, were evacuated from the major cities when the Nazis broke their non aggression pact and invaded the Soviet Union in… …
32String Quartet No. 15 (Mozart) — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart s String Quartet No. 15 in D minor K. 421, the second of the Quartets dedicated to Haydn and the only one of the set in a minor key, is believed to have been completed in 1783 [John Irving, Mozart: The Haydn Quartets .… …
33String Quartet No. 6 (Beethoven) — 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. It consists of four movements:# Allegro con brio # Adagio ma non troppo # Scherzo: Allegro # La Malinconia :… …
34String Quartet No. 11 (Dvořák) — Antonín Dvořák composed his String Quartet No. 11 in C major, Op. 61, B. 121, some time between late October and early November 1881 to fulfill a commission from the Hellmesberger Quartet.In October, 1881 Dvořák finished the sketches for his new… …
35String Quartet (Ravel) — Maurice Ravel completed his String quartet in F major in early April 1903 at the age of 28. Dedicated to his friend and teacher Gabriel Fauré, the work was introduced in Paris by the Heymann Quartet on March 5, 1904. The quartet follows a strict… …
36String Quartet No. 15 (Beethoven) — The Quartet in A minor, by Ludwig van Beethoven, opus 132 was written in 1825, given its public premiere on November 6 of that year by the Schuppanzigh Quartet and was dedicated to Count Nicolai Galitzin, as were opp. 127 and 130. The number… …
37Major/minor — For information on major/minor tonality, see Tonality or Major and minor This term is used to refer to a musical composition that begins in a major key and ends in a minor key (generally the tonic minor), specifying the keynote (as C major/minor) …
38String Quintet No. 3 (Mozart) — The String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515 is written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Like all of Mozart s string quintets, this work is a viola quintet in that is scored for string quartet and an extra viola (two violins, two violas and cello). The …
39String Duo No. 1 (Mozart) — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart s String Duo No. 1 in G major for violin and viola, K. 423, the first of the two Mozart wrote to complete Michael Haydn s set of six for the Archbishop Colloredo, was written in the summer of 1783. [Anja Bensieck, Vorwort… …
40String figure — A string figure is a design formed by manipulating string on, around, and using one s fingers or sometimes between the fingers of multiple people. String figures may also involve the use of the mouth, wrist, and feet. They may consist of singular …
