9
Lyrische Suite
Alban Berg · 1885–1935 · Austrian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Lyric Suite
Level 9 · Virtuoso — about FRSM / FTCL, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 28 min
- Composed
- 1925–26
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Six movements alternating fast and slow; partly twelve-tone, with a hidden programme
About this work
- Composed
- 1925-6
- Dedicated to
- Alexander von Zemlinsky zugeeignet (from parts)
- Allegretto giovale ()
- Andante amoroso ()
- Allegro misterioso () – Trio estatico
- Adagio appassionato ()
- Presto delirando () – Tenebroso
- Largo desolato ()