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String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 11
Eugen d' Albert · 1864–1932 · German
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, for the violin 1 part
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Violin 1
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 30 min
- Composed
- 1891–93
- Era
- Late Romantic
Notes
Dedicated to Johannes Brahms; first played, probably by the Kneisel Quartet in New York, in 1894
About this work
- Composed
- 1891-93
- Dedicated to
- Johannes Brahms verehrungsvollst zugeeignet
- First performed
- 9 February 1894 New York City, Kneisel Quartet (possibly the premiere)
- Andante con moto — Animato — Tranquillo — Tempo I
- Allegro vivace
- Adagio ma non troppo e con molto espressione
- Allegro
A step before · level 6
String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major, Op. 51, B. 92 ("Slavonic")
Antonín Dvořák
2 violins, viola, cello
32 min
6violin 1