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String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 2
George Whitefield Chadwick · 1854–1931 · American
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the violin 1 part
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- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Violin 1
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 27 min
- Composed
- 1878
- Era
- Late Romantic
Notes
Dedicated to Salomon Jadassohn; first edition 2006 (A-R Editions)
About this work
- Composed
- 1878, November
- Dedicated to
- Salomon Jadassohn
- First performed
- 30 May 1879 in Leipzig, Salle des Gewandhauses; Leipzig Conservatory Prufungskonzert, Student ensemble
- Andante Allegro con brio
- Andante espressivo ma non troppo lento
- Scherzo. Allegro risoluto ma moderato
- Finale. Allegro molto vivace
A step before · level 4
String Quartet in C major, Op. 33 No. 3, Hob. III:39 ("The Bird")
Joseph Haydn
2 violins, viola, cello
19 min
4violin 1