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String Quartet No. 1 in A major
Alexander Borodin · 1833–1887 · Russian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Quartet on a Theme of Beethoven
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 39 min
- Composed
- 1874–79
- Era
- Late Romantic
Notes
Opens on a theme from Beethoven's Op. 130; dedicated to Rimsky-Korsakov's wife
About this work
- Composed
- 1874-79
- Dedicated to
- Dedicated to Mme. t=ded Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1848–1919)
- First performed
- 1880 December 30, Saint Petersburg
- Moderato () - Allegro (. A major)
- Andante con moto (. F-sharp minor) - Fugato (Un poco più mosso) - Più vivo - A tempo
- Scherzo. Prestissimo (F major. ) - Trio. Moderato (. A major)
- Andante () - Allegro risoluto (. A minor)