Four Pieces for String Quartet (Mendelssohn)
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Felix Mendelssohn
composed four pieces for string quartet
in the last few years of his life from 1843 to 1847, which were published together shortly before his death as Op. 81:
Felix Mendelssohn
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text...
composed four pieces for string quartet
String quartet
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...
in the last few years of his life from 1843 to 1847, which were published together shortly before his death as Op. 81:
- Andante in E major
- ScherzoScherzoA scherzo is a piece of music, often a movement from a larger piece such as a symphony or a sonata. The scherzo's precise definition has varied over the years, but it often refers to a movement which replaces the minuet as the third movement in a four-movement work, such as a symphony, sonata, or...
in A minor - CapriccioCapriccio (music)A capriccio or caprice , is a piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character...
in E minor - FugueFugueIn music, a fugue is a compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject that is introduced at the beginning in imitation and recurs frequently in the course of the composition....
in E flat major