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D 804, String Quartet No. 13, String Quartet in A minor, Rosamunde (1824, first published as Op. 29) D 810 , String Quartet No. 14 , String Quartet in D minor, Death and the Maiden (1824) D 887 , String Quartet No. 15 , String Quartet in G major, (1826, first published as Op. posth. 161)
The String Quartet in D minor, Voces intimae (literal English translation: "Intimate voices" or "Inner voices"), Op. 56, is a five-movement chamber piece for two violins, viola, and cello written in 1909 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. It is the only major work for string quartet of his mature period.
The Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) wrote over 550 original works during his eight-decade artistic career. [1] This began around 1875 with a short miniature for violin and cello called Water Droplets (Vattendroppar), [2] and ended a few months before his death at age 91 with the orchestration of two earlier songs, "Kom nu hit, död" ("Come Away, Death") and "Kullervon valitus ...
Joseph Haydn wrote sixty-eight string quartets. (The number was previously thought to be eighty-three, but this includes some arrangements and spurious works.) They are usually referred to by their opus numbers, not Anthony van Hoboken's catalogue numbers or their publication order in the First Haydn Edition (FHE).
G 168: String Quartet Op. 8 No. 4 in G minor; G 169: String Quartet Op. 8 No. 5 in F major; G 170: String Quartet Op. 8 No. 6 in A major; G 171: String Quartet Op. 9 No. 1 in C minor (1770) G 172: String Quartet Op. 9 No. 2 in D minor; G 173: String Quartet Op. 9 No. 3 in F major; G 174: String Quartet Op. 9 No. 4 in E-flat major
This cycle, in three movements, is interesting as far as these works can be considered precursors of the later—more complete—string quartets. String Quartet No. 2 in D major, K. 155/134a (1772) String Quartet No. 3 in G major, K. 156/134b (1772) String Quartet No. 4 in C major, K. 157 (1772–73) String Quartet No. 5 in F major, K. 158 ...
Many classical compositions belong to a numbered series of works of a similar type by the same composer. For example, Beethoven wrote 9 symphonies, 10 violin sonatas, 32 piano sonatas, 5 piano concertos, 16 string quartets, 7 piano trios and other works, all of which are numbered sequentially within their genres and generally referred to by their sequence numbers, keys and opus numbers.
Op. 121, Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor (1851) Op. 132, Märchenerzählungen, for Clarinet (or Violin), Viola and Piano (1853) WoO 10, Andante and variations for two pianos, two cellos and horn (1843) (original version of Op. 46, arranged for two pianos) WoO 32, Piano quartet in C minor (1829) [1] WoO 27, Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor (1853) [1]