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String Quartet No. 1 in D major was the first of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – ) was a Russian composer of the Romantic music era. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his Piano Concerto No....
's three string quartets, and his Opus 11.

The quartet has 4 movements:
  1. Moderato e semplice (D major)
  2. Andante cantabile (B major)
  3. Scherzo. Allegro non tanto e con fuoco – Trio (D minor)
  4. Finale. Allegro giusto – Allegro vivace (D major)


The melancholic Andante cantabile movement has become famous, and was founded on a folk-song the composer heard whistled by a house painter.






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String Quartet No. 1 in D major was the first of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – ) was a Russian composer of the Romantic music era. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his Piano Concerto No....
's three string quartets, and his Opus 11.

The quartet has 4 movements:
  1. Moderato e semplice (D major)
  2. Andante cantabile (B major)
  3. Scherzo. Allegro non tanto e con fuoco – Trio (D minor)
  4. Finale. Allegro giusto – Allegro vivace (D major)


The melancholic Andante cantabile movement 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
Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy, or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy Tolstoy's further talents as essayist, dramatist and Education reform made him the most influential member of the aristocracy 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
Ferdinand Laub

Ferdinand Laub was a Czechs violinist and composer.Due to influence of his father Erasmus Laub Ferdinand's first public appearance happened when he was 6 years old....
 and Ludvig Minkus, violins; Pryanishnikov, viola; and Wilhelm Fitzenhagen
Wilhelm Fitzenhagen

Wilhelm Fitzenhagen was a German cellist, composer and teacher, best known today as the dedicatee of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme....
, cello

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