6
Five Pieces for String Quartet, WV 68
Erwin Schulhoff · 1894–1942 · Czech
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Fünf Stücke für Streichquartett · 5 Pieces for String Quartet
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Set of pieces
- Length
- About 14 min
- Composed
- 1923
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Five stylised dances: Viennese waltz, serenata, Czech dance, tango-milonga and tarantella
About this work
- Composed
- 1923
- Dedicated to
- Darius Milhaud
- Alla Valse viennese (allegro)
- Alla Serenata (allegretto con moto)
- Alla Czeca (molto allegro)
- Alla Tango milonga (andante)
- Alla Taranetella (prestissimo con fuoco)