String Quartet No.2 (Borodin, Aleksandr)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1881
Genre Categories Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For 2 pianos (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); For violin, orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For orchestra with soloists (arr); For 4 accordions, bass accordion (arr); Scores featuring the accordion (arr); Scores featuring the bass accordion (arr); For 5 players (arr)

Contents

Performances

Recordings

Complete

 1. Allegro moderato
#247087 - 20.86MB - 9:06 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 36378×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2012/8/18)

 2. Scherzo. Allegro
#247088 - 13.06MB - 5:41 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 10561×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

MP3 file (audio)
Cypressdome (2012/8/18)

 3. Notturno. Andante
#247089 - 21.08MB - 9:11 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 27125×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

MP3 file (audio)
Cypressdome (2012/8/18)

 4. Finale. Andante - Vivace
#247090 - 16.77MB - 7:19 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 7378×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

MP3 file (audio)
Cypressdome (2012/8/18)

Performer Pages Czech National Symphony Orchestra (string quartet)
Publisher Info. Palo Alto: Musopen, 2012.
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Misc. Notes Source: Musopen (lossless files also available)
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Allegro moderato (No.1)

 1. Allegro moderato
#117543 - 7.93MB - 8:39 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 6200×⇩ - MP3 - Arthur Hu

MP3 file (audio)
Arthur Hu (2011/9/2)

Publisher Info. Hu String Quartet
Performers Hu String Quartet
Carl and David Hu (violins) Ben Hu (viola), Arthur Hu (cello)
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Thalia Music Camp at Pilgrim Firs Summer 1975, by brothers of John Betty Hu family ages 6th to 11th grade. Michael Scheremetiew coach. Recorded on circa 1970 Sony TC-95 mono cassete recorder
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Notturno (No.3)

 Complete Performance
#478610 - 9.55MB - 8:21 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1956×⇩ - MP3 - Carolus

MP3 file (audio)
Carolus (2017/6/25)

Performer Pages A Far Cry (strings)
Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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4 Accordions and Bass Accordion (De Bra)

 Synthesized Performance
#565600 - 16.75MB - 7:19 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 270×⇩ - MP3 - Pauldebra

MP3 file (audio)
Pauldebra (2019/3/21)

Publisher Info. Paul De Bra, 2019.
Performers Professor P (Paul De Bra playing all parts on 4 accordions and bass accordion)
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Misc. Notes Arrangement available from this page.
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 Synthesized Performance (Abridged)
#570976 - 11.45MB - 5:00 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 142×⇩ - MP3 - Pauldebra

MP3 file (audio)
Pauldebra (2019/5/3)

Publisher Info. Paul De Bra, 2019.
Performers Professor P (Paul De Bra playing all parts on 4 accordions and bass accordion)
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Synthesized/MIDI

Selections

 1. Allegro moderato
#183770 - 0.09MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1626×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

MID file (audio/video)
Reccmo (2012/3/4)

 2. Scherzo
#183771 - 0.03MB - 5:36 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 513×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

MID file (audio/video)
Reccmo (2012/3/4)

Publisher Info. Altena: Jürgen Knuth
Performers MIDI
Copyright
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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For Piano (Novegno)

 2. Scherzo
#224220 - 5.68MB - 4:08 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 357×⇩ - MP3 - Travelsbypiano

MP3 file (audio)
Travelsbypiano (2012/5/24)

Publisher Info. Roberto Novegno
Performers Tomoe
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Misc. Notes synthesized audio file performance
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Sheet Music

Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#644692 - 18.98MB, 37 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1499×⇩ - IgorCello

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IgorCello (2020/9/3)

Editor Revised edition
Engraver Leipzig: C.G. Röder.
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, 1894. Plate 1055.
Copyright
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 Complete Score
#07980 - 3.03MB, 48 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 38325×⇩ - Emeraldimp

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Emeraldimp (2007/6/17)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Ernst Eulenburg, n.d.(ca.1920). MPR
Reprinted Tchaikovsky & Borodin - Complete String Quartets (pp.189-236)
Mineola: Dover Publications, 1994.
Copyright
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Selections

 1. Allegro moderato
#183765 - 0.45MB, 36 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 17974×⇩ - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/3/4)

 2. Scherzo
#183766 - 0.50MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 4143×⇩ - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/3/4)

 Engraving files (Capella)
#183767 - 0.05MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2992×⇩ - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/3/4)

Editor Jürgen Knuth
Publisher. Info. Altena: Jürgen Knuth
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Parts

Complete

 Violin 1
#333245 - 1.54MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 18289×⇩ - Afp0815

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Afp0815 (2014/7/8)

 Violin 2
#333246 - 1.49MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 10817×⇩ - Afp0815

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 Viola
#333247 - 1.50MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11110×⇩ - Afp0815

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Afp0815 (2014/7/8)

 Cello
#333248 - 1.50MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 12490×⇩ - Afp0815

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Afp0815 (2014/7/8)

Editor Revised edition
Engraver Leipzig: C.G. Röder.
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, 1894. Plate 1064.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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 Violin 1
#381011 - 2.75MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2548×⇩ - IgorCello

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IgorCello (2015/6/7)

 Violin 2
#381012 - 2.74MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1443×⇩ - IgorCello

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IgorCello (2015/6/7)

 Viola
#381013 - 2.62MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1521×⇩ - IgorCello

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IgorCello (2015/6/7)

 Cello
#381014 - 2.54MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1764×⇩ - IgorCello

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IgorCello (2015/6/7)

Editor Revised edition
Engraver Leipzig: C.G. Röder.
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, 1894. Plate 1064.
Reprinted Moscow: Muzgiz, 1936. Plate 12292.
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 Violin 1
#84987 - 0.99MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 33129×⇩ - Kristerp

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Kristerp (2010/11/17)

 Violin 2
#84988 - 0.88MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 20110×⇩ - Kristerp

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 Viola
#84989 - 0.86MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 20675×⇩ - Kristerp

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Kristerp (2010/11/17)

 Cello
#84990 - 0.90MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 22885×⇩ - Kristerp

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Kristerp (2010/11/17)

Editor Revised edition
Engraver Leipzig: C.G. Röder.
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, 1894. Plate 1064.
Reprinted Frankfurt: M.P. Belaieff, n.d.(after 1950). Plate 225.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For 2 Pianos (Babcock)

 Piano 1
#885141 - 0.38MB, 36 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 227×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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 Piano 2
#885142 - 0.32MB, 33 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 144×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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Arranger Gaylon Babcock
Publisher. Info. Gaylon Babcock
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Misc. Notes each part designed to be printed front and back
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For Piano 4 hands (Blumenfeld)

 Complete Score (Color)
#826807 - 103.36MB, 68 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 41×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2022/12/10)

Arranger Sigismond Blumenfeld (1852–1920)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, 1888. Plate 106.
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Allegro moderato (No.1)

For Piano

 Complete Score
#23910 - 0.23MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/V - 3409×⇩ - Hobbypianist

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Hobbypianist (2008/11/5)

Publisher. Info. Vienna: Universal Edition, n.d.(1929). Plate U.E. 9863.
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Scherzo (No.2)

For Piano (Feinberg)

 Complete Score
#344870 - 0.99MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/33 - 533×⇩ - Emiles Mern

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Emiles Mern (2014/9/20)

Arranger Samuil Feinberg (1890–1962)
Editor Mikhail Sokolov
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzyka, 1966. Plate 4387.
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For Piano (Novegno)

 Complete Score
#572249 - 0.36MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1077×⇩ - Travelsbypiano

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Travelsbypiano (2019/5/11)

Arranger Roberto Novegno (b. 1981)
Publisher. Info. Roberto Novegno
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Notturno (No.3)

For Violin and Orchestra (Rimsky-Korsakov)

 Complete Score
#687303 - 1.16MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 141×⇩ - Sallen112

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⇒ 13 more: Violin solo • Flute 1, 2 • Oboe 1, 2 • Clarinet 1, 2 (A) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2 (F) • Trumpet 1, 2 (A) • Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

 Violin solo
#687304 - 0.20MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 90×⇩ - Sallen112

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 Flute 1, 2
#687305 - 0.17MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 46×⇩ - Sallen112

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 Oboe 1, 2
#687306 - 0.08MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 44×⇩ - Sallen112

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 Clarinet 1, 2 (A)
#687307 - 0.17MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 47×⇩ - Sallen112

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 Bassoon 1, 2
#687308 - 0.16MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 49×⇩ - Sallen112

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 Horn 1, 2 (F)
#687309 - 0.10MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 45×⇩ - Sallen112

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 Trumpet 1, 2 (A)
#687310 - 0.06MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 46×⇩ - Sallen112

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 Timpani
#687311 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 45×⇩ - Sallen112

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 Violins I
#687312 - 0.13MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 47×⇩ - Sallen112

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 Violins II
#687313 - 0.12MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 47×⇩ - Sallen112

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 Violas
#687314 - 0.13MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 48×⇩ - Sallen112

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 Cellos
#687315 - 0.13MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 50×⇩ - Sallen112

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 Basses
#687316 - 0.09MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 59×⇩ - Sallen112

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Arranger Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, n.d. MPR
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A4575.
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Misc. Notes Plate dropped by reprint?
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For 4 Accordions and Bass Accordion (De Bra)

 Complete Score
#549252 - 3.18MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 386×⇩ - Pauldebra

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Pauldebra (2018/11/14)

 Complete Parts
#549253 - 3.57MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 258×⇩ - Pauldebra

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 Engraving files (Musescore)
#552567 - 0.17MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 147×⇩ - Pauldebra

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Pauldebra (2018/11/14)

Arranger Paul De Bra (b. 1959)
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 Complete Score (Abridged)
#570973 - 2.12MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 250×⇩ - Pauldebra

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Pauldebra (2019/5/3)

 Complete Parts (Abridged)
#570974 - 2.16MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 165×⇩ - Pauldebra

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 Engraving files (Musescore)
#570975 - 0.12MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 160×⇩ - Pauldebra

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Pauldebra (2019/5/3)

Arranger Paul De Bra (b. 1959)
Publisher. Info. Paul De Bra, 2019.
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Misc. Notes Like the full arrangement, but with measures 111 to 164 removed (and transition adapted).
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For Piano (Feinberg)

 Complete Score
#344869 - 0.84MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/33 - 1503×⇩ - Emiles Mern

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Emiles Mern (2014/9/20)

Arranger Samuil Feinberg (1890–1962)
Editor Mikhail Sokolov
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzyka, 1966. Plate 4387.
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Braille Scores

 Complete Score
#890671 - 0.09MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 216×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2023/12/28)

Editor Hu Haipeng (b. 1984)
Publisher. Info. Hu Haipeng, 2023.
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General Information

Work Title String Quartet No.2
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Quarteto de cordas n.º 2; 弦楽四重奏曲第2番; Quatuor à cordes nº 2; String Quartet No. 2; 2-րդ լարային կվարտետ; Symfonie č. 2 h moll „Bohatýrská“; Pedwarawd Llinynol Rhif 2; Струнный квартет №2; Ҡыллы квартет №2; 2. Streichquartett; Quartetto per archi n. 2; 2. strygerkvartet; Ceathairéad Téadach Uimh. 2
Name Aliases Quarteto de cordas nº 2; Quarteto de cordas no. 2; String Quartet No. 2 in D Major
Authorities Wikipedia
Composer Borodin, Aleksandr
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IAB 14
Key D major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Allegro moderato ( = 84. D major, 304 bars)
  2. Scherzo. Allegro ( = 80. F major, 299 bars)
  3. Notturno. Andante ( = 60. A major, 180 bars)
  4. Finale. Andante ( = 76) - Vivace ( = 108. D major, 671 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1881
First Publication. 1888 - Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff
Dedication Ekaterina Borodina
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello
Discography All Music Guide
External Links Wikipedia article
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