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String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 13

Hans Pfitzner · 1869–1949 · German
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 31 min
Composed
1902–03
Era
Late Romantic

Notes

Dedicated to Alma Mahler and admired by Mahler; four movements ending in a rondo

About this work

Composed
1902-03
Dedicated to
t=ded Alma Mahler Alma Maria Mahler gewidmet.
First performed
13 January 1903, Vienna
  1. In mässig gehender Bewegung
  2. Kräftig, mit Humor
  3. Sehr langsam
  4. Rondo. Im heiteren Reigentempo (quasi Andantino)
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