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String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 92
Sergei Prokofiev · 1891–1953 · Russian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Kabardinian Quartet
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 22 min
- Composed
- 1941
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Three movements built on Kabardinian folk tunes
About this work
- Composed
- 1941
- First performed
- 5 September 1942; Moscow: Kvartet imeni Betkhovena (Beethoven Quartet).
- Allegro sostenuto ()
- Adagio () - Poco più animato () - Poco meno () - Tempo I ()
- Allegro () - Pochissimo meno - Tempo I - Andante molto () - Quasi Allegro I, ma un poco più tranquillo