String Quartet in A minor, R11 (Moeran, Ernest John)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 movements
Composition Year 1921
Genre Categories Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players

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Performances

Recordings

 I. Allegro
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 II. Andante con moto
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 III. Rondo. Allegro vivace
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Performer Pages United States Marine Band (string quartet)
Publisher Info. Washington, DC: United States Marine Band, 2015.
Performers Members of the Marine Chamber Orchestra
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Live performance in John Philip Sousa Band Hall in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 15, 2015. Gunnery Sgt. Sarah Hart (viola), Staff Sgt. Charlaine Prescott (cello). The violinists are possibly Gunnery Sgt. Sheng-Tsung Wang (violin 1) and Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Franke (violin 2). View performance on Youtube: I. Allegro, II. Andante con moto, III. Rondo. Allegro vivace.
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Sheet Music

Scores and Parts

 Complete Score
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⇒ 4 more: Violin 1 • Violin 2 • Viola • Cello

 Violin 1
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 Violin 2
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 Viola
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 Cello
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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. London: J. & W. Chester, Ltd., 1923. Plate J.W.C. 231.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes Original images: ca.300dpi, grayscale jpg files approx. 1584 by 2185 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from the source using a method explained on this page. This is a miniature score so the image quality is somewhat low.
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General Information

Work Title String Quartet in A minor
Alternative. Title
Composer Moeran, Ernest John
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. R11
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IEM 5
Key A minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 movements:
I. Allegro ( = 92)
II. Andante con moto ( = 54)
III. Rondo. Allegro vivace ( = 104)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1921
First Performance. 1923/01/15 — London, Wigmore Hall: Allied String Quartet (Désiré Defauw, leader)
First Publication. 1923 – London: J. & W. Chester, Ltd.
Dedication Désiré Defauw (1885—1960)
Average DurationAvg. Duration 20-25 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello
Manuscript Sources Composer's holograph marked up for publication by Chester at the University of Melbourne.
External Links Edition Silvertrust
Moeran.net (via Archive.org Wayback Machine)

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Preceded by several string quartets that the composer destroyed (see Moeran.net). There is also one other surviving string quartet in E♭ major, composition date unknown (so possibly earlier and possibly later. "Statistically speaking" probably later - as the A minor is a fairly early, student-years work already - but that counts for aught!) Performed in a concert mostly of Moeran's music at Wigmore Hall in early 1923, though perhaps premiered earlier. - E. Sch.

Dedicatee was in England originally as a Belgian refugee from WWI and was known as a performer of John Ireland's Violin Sonata No.2 in A minor.

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