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String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, Op. 112
Camille Saint-Saëns · 1835–1921 · French
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, for the violin 1 part
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Violin 1
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 30 min
- Composed
- 1899
- Era
- Late Romantic
Notes
Four movements; dedicated to Eugène Ysaÿe, whose quartet gave the first performance
About this work
- Composed
- 1899 April, Las Palmas (Canary Islands)
- Dedicated to
- Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931)
- First performed
- 1899 September in Paris, Salle Pleyel; Ysaÿe Quartet (public, preceded by private audition for composer)
- Allegro (. 354 bars)
- Molto allegro quasi presto (. 440 bars)
- Molto adagio (. 84 bars)
- Allegro non troppo (. 183 bars)