String Quartet (Blumenfeld) Explained

Felix Blumenfeld's String Quartet in F major, Op. 26, is the composer's only work for the medium. Published in 1898, the quartet was dedicated to music publisher Mitrofan Belyayev.

Structure

The work is structured in four movements:

1. Allegro - Poco più tranquillo - Tempo I - Allegro molto
2. Presto - Molto meno mosso - Tempo del Scherzo (Presto) - Più mosso
3. Andantino - Poco più mosso - Largamente
4. Finale: Allegro molto - Un poco più tranquillo - Più mosso - Tempo I (Tranquillo) - Più tranquillo - Più mosso - Coda: Molto più mosso - Prestissimo

The first commercial recording of the quartet by the Odessa quartet was released by Profil in 2015.

References

Notes

Sources

• Web site: Sviatoslav's Daddy's String Quartet!. Records International. May 2015. 2015-10-02. .

External links

• • Web site: Felix Blumenfeld: String Quartet in F Major, Op.26 (Soundbites and discussion). Edition Silvertrust. January 5, 2015.
• Web site: Felix Blumenfeld: String Quartet in F major, Op. 26. Christiansen. Kai. Earsense Chamber Music Database. 2015.