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String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat minor, Op. 30
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · 1840–1893 · Russian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Streichquartett Nr. 3
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 38 min
- Composed
- 1876
- Era
- Late Romantic
Notes
Dedicated to the memory of the violinist Ferdinand Laub; the Andante funebre is the emotional centre
About this work
- Composed
- 1876
- Dedicated to
- To the memory of Ferdinand Laub (1832–1875)
- First performed
- 30 March 1876 — Moscow; Iosef Hřmalý (violin 1), Adolph Brodsky (violin 2), Yury Gerber (viola), Wilhelm Fitzenhagen (cello).
- Andante sostenuto – Allegro moderato
- Allegretto vivo e scherzando
- Andante funebre e doloroso, ma con moto
- Finale. Allegro non troppo e risoluto