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String Quartet No. 2 in D minor, Op. 26, BV 225

Ferruccio Busoni · 1866–1924 · Italian-German
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, for the violin 1 part
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Full work
Length
About 30 min
Composed
1887
Era
Late Romantic

Notes

Dedicated to Henri Petri, whose quartet gave the first performance at the Leipzig Gewandhaus in 1888

About this work

Composed
1887 June
Dedicated to
"Seinem lieben Freunde Herrn Hofconcertmeister Henri Petri zugeeignet" (Dedicated to his dear friend Court Concertmaster Henri Petri)
First performed
1888 January 28 in Leipzig, Gewandhaus (Petri Quartet)
  1. Allegro energico
  2. Andante con moto
  3. Vivace assai
  4. Andantino—Allegro con brio
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