An earlier attempt had been abandoned after the first movement was completed..

The In October 1874, Tchaikovsky is on record as considering it his finest work: "I regard it as my best work; no other piece has poured forth from me so simply and easily. Tchaikovsky replied to Modest in a letter (29 October 1874): "I am glad that you, Malozemova and all those who sympathise, liked my quartet; I regard it as my best composition; none of my works flowed out of me so simply and easily. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No.

The Andante cantabile was arranged for cello and string orchestra by Tchaikovsky, 1888. However, the slow movement was played marvellously, so that some of the audience called out ‘bis’ at its conclusion. Andante ma non tanto (F minor, 211 bars) 4.

Allegro giusto (D-flat major, 285 bars) 3.

Finale. On 26 January he returned to Moscow , from where on 10/22 February he wrote to Anatoly Tchaikovsky and Modest Tchaikovsky about his work on the quartet: "All my time... is dedicated to composing the quartet, which is already written but not yet scored" [2] . I wrote it almost at one sitting.

1 in 1871 was the proposal of an all-Tchaikovsky concert by the Moscow Conservatory at which Tchaikovsky was a meagerly paid professor, by no means well-known either in Russia or abroad.

1 in D major Op. I wrote it almost at one sitting.. Also, later, "I wrote that music with affection and with delight, just as I did... the Second Quartet". 11) by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-93). Modest heard Rimsky-Korsakov unreservedly praising the work to Cui, as also the Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaievich to whom it was dedicated, and Count Litke.’

I wrote it practically at one go and was astonished that the public did not like it, for I find that compositions written spontaneously have every chance of success." 2 in F major, Op. IPT 119 Key F major Movements/Sections Mov'ts/Sec's: 4 movements: Adagio—Moderato assai (F major, 226 bars) Scherzo.

Tchaikovsky began to work on the quartet between 3/15 and 10/22 January 1876 in Paris. Borodin pursued a distinguished career as a physician and chemist first while composing only when he could in his truly precious spare time. 1 in D Op. At the rehearsal Davydov said it was Tchaikovsky’s best work; Auer said that it had the force of Beethoven (according to Modest the only composer many Russians would listen to); Malozemova wanted to send a congratulatory telegram.

The string quartet is in four movements:The first movement starts with an 18-bar slow introduction without key signature in The second movement is in a The third movement is in The fourth movement is in From reference Also (ibid, p88) ‘Modest Tchaikovsky wrote a long letter to his brother on 24 October 1874, after having heard a rehearsal of the second quartet at the Davydovs and the first public performance. The finale was absolutely convincing. 11 was the first of his three completed string quartets that were published during his lifetime. 2 in D Major, 1881 Alexander Borodin was, like many of his now famous Russian composer friends, a composer by avocation; he had a day job. Allegro con moto (F major, 245 bars). The String Quartet No. Op.22, TH 122 I-Catalogue Number I-Cat.