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String Sextet in D major, Op. 10
Erich Wolfgang Korngold · 1897–1957 · Austrian-American
For 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, for the violin 1 part
Listen
- Ensemble
- String sextet or larger
- Hardest part
- Violin 1
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 35 min
- Composed
- 1914–16
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Four movements, begun at 17; concerto-like writing for violin 1 and cello 1
About this work
- Composed
- 1914-16
- Dedicated to
- Herrn Präsidenten Dr. Carl, Ritter von Wiener (1863–1945)
- First performed
- 1917 May 2
- Moderato (mäßige quarter-note) - Allegro
- Adagio. Langsam
- Intermezzo. In gemäßigtem Zeitmaß, mit Grazie
- Finale. So rasch als möglich (Presto). Mit Feuer und Humor.