String Quartet No.2, Op.68 (Cui, César)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4
First Publication 1907
Genre Categories Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; [7 more...]Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr)

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⇒ 4 more: I. Andantino—Allegretto • II. Vivace non troppo • III. Andante • IV. Allegro non troppo

Editor First edition?
Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.[1907]. Plate 31487.
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Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.[1907]. Plate 31488.
Reprinted London: Merton Music, No.4124, n.d.[1996-2010].
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⇒ 4 more: Violin 1 • Violin 2 • Viola • Cello

Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.[1907]. Plate 31488.
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Misc. Notes Viola part includes a title page as p.[1]
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano 4 hands (Composer)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.[1907]. Plate 31489.
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General Information

Work Title String Quartet No.2
Alternative. Title Deuxième quatuor pour deux violons, alto et violoncelle
Composer Cui, César
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.68
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. ICC 107
Key D major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements.
  1. Andantino ( = 84) - Allegretto (♩=♩.)
  2. Vivace non troppo ( = 112) in B♭ major
  3. Andante ( = 80) in F♯ minor - Pochissimo meno mosso - Poco meno mosso - Tempo I
  4. Allegro non troppo ( = 108) - Poco meno mosso - Tempo I - Tranquillo - Meno mosso - Tempo I - Poco meno mosso - accelerando [to end]
First Publication. 1907
Dedication "A Quatuor de son Altesse le Duc Georges de Mecklenbourg-Strélitz"
Average DurationAvg. Duration 25 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello

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It seems like an implicit "Tempo I" is implied by the shape of the theme at Rehearsal 45 in the finale and was just forgotten by the composer, but as he didn't rectify the omission in the parts or, more tellingly, his own arrangement, it seems more likely he really did mean for this last appearance of the last movement main theme to be played at a slower speed before the final dash rather than having a resumption of the primary tempo accompany the theme associated with it - ES

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