String Quartet No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)
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String Quartet No. 1 in D major was the first of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's three string quartets.
The melancholic Andante cantabile movement of the quartet has become famous, and was founded on a folk-song the composer heard whistled by a house painter. When the quartet was performed at a tribute concert to Leo Tolstoy, the author was said to have been brought to tears by this movement.
The quartet was premiered in Moscow on 16/28 March 1871, with an ensemble consisting of Ferdinand Laub and Ludvig Minkus, violins; Pryanishnikov, viola; and Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, cello [1]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ John Warrack, Tchaikovsky, p. 275
[edit] External links
String Quartet No.1 in D major, Op. 11 was available at the International Music Score Library Project.
