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String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 22
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · 1840–1893 · Russian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Streichquartett Nr. 2
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 36 min
- Composed
- 1874
- Era
- Late Romantic
Notes
Slow introduction to the first movement; Scherzo in D-flat and an Andante in F minor
About this work
- Composed
- 1874
- Dedicated to
- Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (1827–1892)
- First performed
- 22 March 1874 in Moscow, 2nd RMS quartet concert; Ferdinand Laub (violin 1), Iosef Hřmalý (violin 2), Yury Gerber (viola), Wilhelm Fitzenhagen (cello).
- Adagio—Moderato assai
- Scherzo. Allegro giusto
- Andante ma non tanto
- Finale. Allegro con moto