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[3] "in which four of the 12 pitches of the chromatic scale are tuned a quarter tone flat" [4]...until' version 7 for guitar (1980). [5] Hans Barth Concerto for Quarter Tone Piano and Quarter Tone Strings (1930) [6] Béla Bartók. String Quartet No. 6; the third movement Burletta contains quarter-tone tuning used for parodistic effect. [7]
He used it, or fragments of it, in a number of places in the late quartets, most notably in the first movement of his Op. 132 string quartet. The opening is shown below: The opening is shown below: In the course of the Grosse Fuge , Beethoven plays this motif in every possible variation: fortissimo and pianissimo , in different rhythms, upside ...
The String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18, No. 2 (actually his third), was written by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1798 and 1800 and published in 1801, dedicated to Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz. It consists of four movements: Allegro ; Adagio cantabile – Allegro – Tempo I ; Scherzo: Allegro (G major) Allegro molto, quasi presto (G major)
[4] The first subject is from mm. 1-42, but is divided into two sections. In m. 33, a transition takes place until m. 42, where the second subject begins. [ 2 ] M. 83 marks the beginning of the development section which begins with more fugal motives before transitioning into a chordal, then a fugal chordal section, and finally a recapitulation ...
The String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 4, is a four-movement chamber piece for two violins, viola, and cello [3] written from the summer of 1889 to September 1890 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. It is the third of Sibelius's four string quartets.
In different permutations, the four notes play an important role in all three quartets and each work has a distinctive motto which also appears in companion works. The opening motto of op. 132, which ultimately reappears in op. 131's finale, consists of the first four notes of the opening bars (see example B).
The work is in G-flat major. [17] It typically plays for between ten and eleven minutes. [n 3] The opening is marked Très lent and expressif, the metronome mark is ♩ =40, and the time is 4 4. [17] The 26-bar introduction presents three themes – the first two for woodwinds and the third for cello – which reappear in the allegro.
String Quartet in G Minor: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project; Performance of String Quartet by the Borromeo String Quartet at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format 'Debussy Quartet in G minor, Op. 10', lecture by Roger Parker and performance by the Badke Quartet at Gresham College, 29 January 2008