String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, Op. 86

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: 1949–50
Era: 20th century

Notes

Four movements; the last of his thirteen quartets, with a Presto fantastico second movement

About this work

Composed: 1949
Dedicated to: The Beethoven Quartet (Dmitri Tsyganov, Vasily Shirinsky, violins; Vadim Borisovsky, viola; Sergei Shirinsky, cello)
First performed: 21 October 1950, Beethoven Quartet

Moderato, A minor, 170 bars
Presto fantastico, A minor, 331 bars
Andante con moto e molto cantabile, A major, 154 bars
Molto vivo, energico, A minor, 290 bars

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