String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 8

Dmitri Kabalevsky · 1904–1987 · Russian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, with the parts evenly matched

MinorDramaticLyricalLesser-known

Listen

Open on YouTube More recordings

Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Full work
Length: About 30 min
Composed: 1928
Era: 20th century

Notes

Four movements

Suggest a correction

A step before · level 5

String Quartet No. 1 in D minor

John Ireland

2 violins, viola, cello

String quartet2 violins, viola, cello

23 min

MinorLyricalLesser-known

5violin 1

String Quartet No. 2 in C minor

John Ireland

2 violins, viola, cello

String quartet2 violins, viola, cello

32 min

MinorLyricalLesser-known

5violin 1

String Quartet in C minor

Emil von Reznicek

2 violins, viola, cello

String quartet2 violins, viola, cello

19 min

MinorDramaticLesser-known

5violin 1

String Quartet in C minor

Ralph Vaughan Williams

2 violins, viola, cello

String quartet2 violins, viola, cello

25 min

MinorDramaticLesser-known

5violin 1

A step after · level 7

String Quartet in B minor, Op. 11

Samuel Barber

2 violins, viola, cello

String quartet2 violins, viola, cello

18 min

MinorDramaticWell-known

7violin 1

String Quartet No. 2 in E minor, GP 271

Arnold Bax

2 violins, viola, cello

String quartet2 violins, viola, cello

30 min

MinorDramaticLesser-known

7violin 1

String Quartet in A minor, Op. 57

Adolf Busch

2 violins, viola, cello

String quartet2 violins, viola, cello

19 min

MinorDramaticLesser-known

7violin 1

String Quartet No. 1 in F minor

Gaspar Cassadó

2 violins, viola, cello

String quartet2 violins, viola, cello

20 min

MinorFolkLesser-known

7violin 1