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String Quartet (Fitzenhagen)

Wilhelm Fitzenhagen's String Quartet in D minor, Op. 23, is the composer's only work for the medium. It was published in 1879 by Breitkopf & Härtel.

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Wilhelm Fitzenhagen's String Quartet in D minor, Op. 23, is the composer's only work for the medium. It was published in 1879 by Breitkopf & Härtel.1

Structure

The work is structured in four movements:

  1. Adagio - Allegro moderato
  2. Andante
  3. Allegro
  4. Finale: Larghetto - Allegro energico

To date the quartet, which won a prize offered by the St Petersberg Chamber Musical Union,2 has not been recorded commercially.

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