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Gustav Krukenberg (8 March 1888 – 23 October 1980) was a high-ranking member of the Waffen-SS and commander of the SS Charlemagne Division and the remains of the SS Division Nordland during the Battle of Berlin in April 1945. After Krukenberg surrendered to Soviet Red Army troops, he was tried, convicted and sentenced to prison by a Soviet ...
SS-Brigadeführer Gustav Krukenberg was appointed to command the division, while Edgar Puaud, who had commanded the LVF, was the nominal French commander. [7] The two main infantry regiments were designated as the 57th and 58th Regiments. Members of the LVF were the nucleus of the former and Sturmbrigade formed the core of the latter. [7]
String sonata or Sonata for strings may refer to: Six string sonatas (Rossini) Sonata per archi (Henze) Sonata for String Orchestra (Walton) This page was last edited ...
Ziegler was gravely wounded after the break out group he was in came under heavy Soviet fire. He died on 2 May. Krukenberg made it to Dahlem, where he hid out in an apartment for a week, before surrendering to Soviet troops. [16] On 2 May hostilities officially ended by order of General Helmuth Weidling, commander of the Defence Area Berlin. [17]
John Tavener (1944–2013): Four string quartets: The Hidden Treasure – String Quartet No. 1; The Last Sleep of the Virgin – String Quartet No. 2, for string quartet and handbells; Diódia – String Quartet No. 3; The Bridegroom – String Quartet No. 4; plus other works including parts for string quartet.
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During the 1920s and 1930s Walton was primarily known for choral works including Belshazzar's Feast and orchestral works including two concertos and a symphony. [1] He had written a string quartet and a piano quartet while in his teens, [2] but he later dismissed the string quartet as "largely undigested Bartók and Schoenberg", and withdrew the piece. [3]
Rossini's six string sonatas are scored for four string instruments: two violins, a cello, and a double bass. Thus, the sonatas are sometimes referred to as sonate a quattro ("sonatas for four"). Each sonata is in three movements, with performances ranging from 11 to 16 minutes long.