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String Quartet No. 1, JW VII/8 ("Kreutzer Sonata")
Leoš Janáček · 1854–1928 · Czech
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Inspired by Tolstoy's Kreutzer Sonata · Z podnětu Tolstého Kreutzerovy sonáty
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 18 min
- Composed
- 1923
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Inspired by Tolstoy's novella The Kreutzer Sonata; four movements with abrupt changes of mood
About this work
- Composed
- 1923 (October, revised October-November)
- First performed
- 17 October 1924
- Adagio con moto
- Con moto
- Con moto - Vivace - Andante - Tempo I
- Con moto