#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalQuartet Week 2

April is the fourth month of the year. And so the Classics a Day team decided to make it quartet month. This April the challenge is to post classical works that require four musicians. String quartets are the most common grouping of four -- but there are others. 

A piano trio has four players. And many 20th and 21st-Century quartets bring together unusual combinations of instruments. There's a lot to choose from!

Here are my posts for the second week of #ClassicsaDay for April's #ClassicalQuartet.

04/10/23 Englebert Humperdink: String Quartet Op. 164

Today, he's mainly remembered for his opera "Hansel and Gretel." But Humperdinck had quite a lot of music in his catalog. His lone string quartet was written in 1920, the year before he died.

04/11/23 Ethel Smyth: String Quartet in E minor

Smyth only wrote one quartet. She completed it in 1902 and revised it ten years later

04/12/23 Emilie Mayer: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 14

Meyer wrote seven string quartets throughout her career. Only the one in G minor was published in her lifetime.

04/13/23 Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-flat major

Felix's sister wrote her only quartet in 1835. She wasn't entirely happy with it. In a letter to her brother, she admitted she felt more comfortable with shorter forms.

04/14/23 Hans Rott: String Quartet in C major

Rott wrote this in 1876, when he was 18. Both Mahler and Bruckner admired his brilliance, and were devastated when he died in 1884, just 26 years old

Ralph Graves

Ralph has been a classical music programmer and host at WTJU since 1982. He’s also a published author and composer. Ralph’s music is available on Fleur de Sol and ERM Recordings and Soundcloud.

https://the-unmutual.blogspot.com/
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