String Quartet No. 1 e minor 'Aus meinem Leben'
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SKU: BA.TP00516
Composed by Bedrich Smetana. Edited by František Bartoš and Karel Šolc. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Barenreiter Urtext. Study score. No. 1. Baerenreiter Verlag #TP00516. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.TP00516).ISBN 9790260102835. 22.5 x 16.5 cm inches. Key: E minor.
The composition of the first string quartet"From My Life"was preceded by a period of fateful changes in Smetana's life. In 1874 he lost his hearing. Two years later he moved with his family to Jabkenice in the countryside, which seemed to him like an expulsion; he suffered from his deafness and missed contact with like-minded company. He presented the string quartet as a conversation within a close circle of four friends who discuss what is tormenting them. It is a kind of passionate and resigned dialogue between a spirited person and his destiny. Smetana's first string quartet soon became one of the most frequently performed works in the quartet repertoire.
The musical text of the new edition is based on the"Study Edition of the Works of Bedrich Smetana", Volume XV - Chamber Music Works.
- Urtext from the"Study Edition of the Works of Bedrich Smetana"
- Detailed foreword ( Cz /Eng/Ger) by Marta Ottlova
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- Includes an introduction with critical commentary explaining source discrepancies and editorial decisions
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Song List (5)
- Predmluva / Preface / Vorwort
- I Allegro vivo appassionato
- II Allegro moderato alla polka
- III Largo sostenuto
- IV Vivace