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Erich Wolfgang Korngold Composer

String Quartet No.2 in Eb, Op.26

Performances: 3

Tracks: 12

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String Quartet No.2 in Eb, Op.26
Key: Eb
Year: 1934-37
Genre: String Quartet
Pr. Instrument: String Quartet
- 1.Allegro
- 2.Intermezzo: Allegretto con moto
- 3.Larghetto
- 4.Waltz: Tempo di valse

In comparison with the first quartet a decade earlier, Korngold's second string quartet is far less well known and is today sadly neglected. Critics at the time of the first performance in 1934 were generally impressed and reviews were favorable in the main, but public appreciation was simply not forthcoming. The marked chromaticism and the aural eccentricities of the harmonic language explain why the quartet has fallen from the regular repertoire.

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