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The String Quartet No. 2 is a string quartet in D major written by Alexander Borodin in 1881. It was dedicated to his wife Ekaterina Protopova. Some scholars, such as Borodin's biographer Serge Dianin, suggest that the quartet was a 20th anniversary gift and that it has a program evoking the couple's first meeting in Heidelberg. [1]
for string quartet and piano String Quartet No. 1 in A: 1874: 1879: String Quartet No. 2 in D: 1881: 1881: Scherzo for String Quartet: 1882: 1882: from Mitrofan Belyayev's collection "Fridays". Also used by Glazunov in his completion of Borodin's 3rd Symphony Serenata alla spagnola for String Quartet: 1886: 1886
(6780) Borodin is a main-belt asteroid with an estimated diameter of 4 km and an orbital period of 3.37 years. [33] The score of the 1953 musical Kismet and the subsequent film version was based extensively on compositions by Borodin, such as the second string quartet, second symphony and piano works. [34]
Georges Bizet: Premier nocturne en fa majeur Op. 2 and Nocturne in D major. Alexander Borodin: his String Quartet No. 2 third movement Notturno contains one of his most popular melodies (1881) Lili Boulanger: Nocturne pour violon et piano (1911) Benjamin Britten: Nocturne, from On This Island, Op. 11; Frédéric Chopin: 21 for solo piano, 1 ...
The film is set to the Nocturne from Borodin's String Quartet #2. During Christmas in Saint Petersburg, in pre-Revolution times, an impoverished girl tries to sell matchsticks on the streets, but every potential customer refuses. Later that night, the girl huddles in a snowy alley, trying to warm herself against the cold.
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"And This Is My Beloved" is a popular song from the 1953 musical Kismet, credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest. Like most other music in the show, this melody was based on music composed by Alexander Borodin, in this case the nocturne from the third movement of Borodin's String Quartet No. 2 in D.
Nocturne, Andantino, G-flat major ("Lulled by the happiness of being in love”). [ 1 ] [ 3 ] After Borodin's death in 1887, Alexander Glazunov orchestrated the suite, but incorporated into it another piano piece by Borodin, the Scherzo in A-flat major , and slightly rearranged the order of the pieces.