String Quartet No. 3 (Tchaikovsky)
- String Quartet No. 3 (Tchaikovsky)
The String Quartet No. 3 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 30, by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, was composed in 1876, and is the last of his three String Quartets. It was written as a memorial for Ferdinand Laub. [cite book|last=Evans|first=Edwin|title=Tchaikovsky|date=1906|publisher=E. P. Dutton & Company|pages=157-8]
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location=New York] (The date upon the manuscript is early February 1876. [cite book|last=Newmarch|first=Rosa Harriet|authorlink=Rosa Newmarch|title= Tchaikovsky; his life and works, with extracts from his writings, and the diary of his tour abroad in 1888|date=1899, revised 1908, republished 1969 by Greenwood Press, and 2006|publisher=Kessinger Publishing|location=Kila, MT|isbn=1-4254-9674-1
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page=54] )The quartet was performed for the first time at a party at Nikolai Rubinstein's apartment on March 2. The first public performance was at a concert on 30 March (new style/March 18 (old style), 1876, the performers being: Jan Hrimaly
Once, while Tchaikovsky was staying with some friends, they surprised him by bringing in a String Quartet who performed this quartet for him. When they finished playing, Tchaikovsky remarked, "At first I didn't much like the Finale, but now I see that it is quite good."
Structure
The work is in four movements and is approximately 37 minutes long.
# Andante Sostenuto - Allegro moderato
# Allegretto vivo e scherzando
# Andante funebre e doloroso, ma con moto
# Finale: Allegro non troppo e risoluto.
The "Andante Funebre" was originally intended to be the second movement, with the "Allegretto vivo e scherzando" as the third, but Tchaikovsky later decided to switch them.
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