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String Quartet No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)
The String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Opus 11, was the first of Pyotr
Ilyich Tchaikovsky's three string quartets. It was premiered in Moscow on 16/28 March
1871, with an ensemble consisting of Ferdinand Laub and Ludvig Minkus, violins;
Pryanishnikov, viola; and Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, cello.
The melancholic Andante cantabile movement,
which has become famous in its own right, was based on a folk song the composer
heard whistled by a house painter. When the quartet was performed at a tribute
concert for Leo Tolstoy, the author was said to have been brought to tears by
this movement. It is frequently performed in arrangements for string orchestra.
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