String Quartet No.8, Op.59 (Myaskovsky, Nikolay)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 movements
Composition Year	1942
Genre Categories	Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players

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Scores

Complete Score (EU)
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Editor	First edition
Publisher. Info.	Moscow: Muzgiz, 1944. Plate M. 17844 Г.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	300 dpi, converted to B&W by me. Source scan was not as high quality as some of the others.
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General Information

Work Title	String Quartet No.8
Alternative. Title
Composer	Myaskovsky, Nikolay
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.59
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	INM 50
Key	F-sharp minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 movements: Allegro moderato, F♯ minor ( = 60-66) Adagio, D major Allegro drammatico, F♯ minor ( = 144)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1942
First Performance.	1943-3-21 in Moscow Beethoven Quartet
First Publication.	1944
Copyright Information	This work is claimed to be under copyright in the USA due to "restoration" via the GATT/TRIPS amendment (Section 104). NIE-V8001P652
Dedication	to the memory of Z.P. Feldman (possibly Zinovii Petrovich Feldman, 1893–1942)
Average DurationAvg. Duration	25 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Early 20th century
Piece Style	Early 20th century
Instrumentation	2 violins, viola, cello
External Links	Myaskovsky.ru Edition Silvertrust

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String Quartets by Nikolay Myaskovsky
String Quartet in F major (1907, Unpublished) String Quartet No.1 in A minor, Op.33 No.1 (1929-30) String Quartet No.2 in C minor, Op.33 No.2 (1930) String Quartet No.3 in D minor, Op.33 No.3 (1930, revised from 1910 Quartet) String Quartet No.4 in F minor, Op.33 No.4 (1930, revised from 1911 Quartet) String Quartet No.5 in E minor, Op.47 (1938-39) String Quartet No.6 in G minor, Op.49 (1939-40)	String Quartet No.7 in F major, Op.55 (1941) String Quartet No.8 in F-sharp minor, Op.59 (1942) String Quartet No.9 in D minor, Op.62 (1943) String Quartet No.10 in F major, Op.67 No.1 (1945, revised from 1907 Quartet) String Quartet No.11 in E-flat major, Op.67 No.2 (1945) String Quartet No.12 in G major, Op.77 (1947) String Quartet No.13 in A minor, Op.86 (1950)

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