String Quartet No.3 in B minor, Op.31 (Huss, Henry Holden)

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4 more: I. Allegro ma non troppo, ed energico • II. Scherzo. Presto. • III. Andante con molta espressione. • IV. Finale. Allegro vivace.

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Publisher. Info. New York: Society for the Publication of American Music, 1921.
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Work Title String Quartet No.3 in B minor
Alternative. Title
Composer Huss, Henry Holden
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.31 ; Greene 353
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IHH 14
Key B minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
I. Allegro ma non troppo, ed energico
II. Scherzo. Presto
III. Andante con molta espressione
IV. Finale. Allegro vivace
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1918
First Performance. 1919 July 2 or before
(performed by the Berkshire Quartet in 1919 at the National Federation of Music Clubs, Pittsfield, Massachusetts)
First Publication. 1921 by Society for the Publication of American Music
Copyright Information Possibly public domain in EU and other 70 pma territories.
This item, which is in the public domain in its country of origin, is likewise in the public domain in countries which apply the rule of the shorter term. All EU countries apply the rule of the shorter term in general.
Note that in some cases this rule may be overridden by a treaty with the source country (especially the United States) and/or may not apply to works which fell into the public domain in their source country due to a failure to renew copyright or comply with other formalities.
Dedication Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge (1864–1953)
(identified as Mrs. Frederic Shurtliff Coolidge in the early part of the 20th century, and as founder of the Berkshire Quartet)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 Violins, viola, cello

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A (contemporary with the event) New York Times review (April 18, 1906) mentions a String Quartet in E minor, Op.22, performed early the 20th century by the Kneisel Quartet. There is an (another?) opus 22, containing 4 Songs, but odd opus number questions are not unusual with Huss. (The E minor quartet may, however, have been another composer's work offered along with Huss' violin sonata which was indeed in the program, and the critic merely confused- also not unprecedented) . Greene (Henry Holden Huss: an American composer's life, page 181, skimmed at Google Books) states that this was composed in 1918 and performed, perhaps premiered, in 1919 as part of a prize Huss received for the work. The cover of the score has "1920/21" but I do not know what that refers to. - Schissel

note: Greene mentions, in his worklist, two other quartets: a quartet in G minor from 1908, apparently lost; a 2nd string quartet in E minor op.29 (not 22), requested by Ysaÿe (presumably Eugene, not Theo), but also, apparently, lost. (Greene, pp255–256) (Schissel)

(According to Greene, the 1919-7-2 performance by the Berkshire Quartet - see his Henry Holden Huss: An American Composer's Life, p.71 - was the work's premiere.)

Re "Greene 353" - see Greene, p.257 (worklist).