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Composer Carlos Chavez, who was born in Mexico City in 1899, wrote three string quartets. The slow movement of his 3rd has become known as a "Mexican…
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In three movements Schnittke's3rd string quartet weaves elements of Beethoven, Lassus and Shostakovich into a work all its own. Catch the imposing piece…
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Contemporary composer Jennifer Higdon was inspired to write a string quartet when she found out a grouping of larks was known as an exaltation. The…
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An 18-year-old Mendelssohn began composing his A minor string quartet only months after Beethoven's death and the piece itself harken's toward Beethoven's…