String Quartet, Op. 3 (Berg)
- String Quartet, Op. 3 (Berg)
The String Quartet Op. 3 by Alban Berg was composed in 1910. Along with the composer's piano sonata it received its premiere on 14 April 1911, although it was not published until 1920. In two movements ("Langsam" and "Mäßige viertel"), the work is more freely atonal than the sonata. It is highly contrapuntal in texture. The first movement is in sonata form, with a main theme based on the whole-tone scale. The second movement uses a modified version of the same theme in a rondo form.
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* [http://www.answers.com/topic/string-quartet-op-3 All Music Guide] Accessed 27 May 2006.
* [http://www.geocities.com/al6an6erg/op3.html String Quartet Op. 3] Accessed 27 May 2006.
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