8
Cinque pezzi, Op. 34
Alfredo Casella · 1883–1947 · Italian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as 5 Pieces for String Quartet · Five Pieces for String Quartet
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Set of pieces
- Length
- About 27 min
- Composed
- 1920
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Five pieces: Preludio, Ninna Nanna, Valse ridicule, Notturno and Fox-Trot
About this work
- Composed
- 1920
- Dedicated to
- al mio carissimo amico Guido Maggiorino Gatti
- Preludio (Allegro vivace e barbaro)
- Ninna-nanna (Tempo di "Berceuse", Andantino dolcemente mosso)
- Valse ridicule (Tempo di valzer grazioso)
- Notturno (Lento. Grave. Funebre)
- Fox-Trot. (Tempo giusto)