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String Quartet No. 1, S. 57 ("From the Salvation Army")
Charles Ives · 1874–1954 · American
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as A Revival Service
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 21 min
- Composed
- 1896–1900
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Four movements (Chorale, Prelude, Offertory, Postlude) built on hymn tunes
About this work
- Composed
- 1896
- First performed
- 1957/04/24 in New York by the Kohon String Quartet
- Chorale: Andante con moto
- Prelude: Allegro
- Offertory: Adagio cantabile
- Postlude: Allegro marziale
A step before · level 5
String Quartet No. 15 ("A Little Quartet in modo scotico")
John Blackwood McEwen
2 violins, viola, cello
17 min
5violin 1