String Quartet No. 5 in E minor, Op. 47

Nikolai Myaskovsky · 1881–1950 · Russian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, with the parts evenly matched

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Full work
Length: About 25 min
Composed: 1938–39
Era: 20th century

Notes

Four movements with a quick Molto vivo scherzo

About this work

Composed: 1938-39
Dedicated to: Vissarion Shebalin

Allegro tranquillo, E minor, 258 bars
Molto vivo, sussurando, A minor, 236 bars
Andantino semplice (quasi Andante), F minor, 116 bars
Allegro molto e con brio, E major, 501 bars

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