The String Quartet in
E-flat major
E-flat major is a major scale based on E, consisting of the pitches E, F, G, A, B, C, and D. Its key signature has three flats. Its relative minor is C minor, and its parallel minor is E minor, (or enharmonically D minor).
The E-fla ...
,
JS 184, is a four-
movement
Movement may refer to:
Generic uses
* Movement (clockwork), the internal mechanism of a timepiece
* Movement (sign language), a hand movement when signing
* Motion, commonly referred to as movement
* Movement (music), a division of a larger co ...
chamber piece for two violins, viola, and cello written in June 1885 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. It is the first of Sibelius's four string quartets. The quartet appears in the same sketchbook as two other brief pieces for string quartet: first, the Molto moderatoScherzo (JS 134), which is Sibelius's earliest piece in the genre; and second, a fragmentary
cherzoin
B minor (without catalogue marking; completed by
Kalevi Aho
Kalevi Ensio Aho (born 9 March 1949) is a Finnish composer.
Early years
Aho began his interest in music at the age of ten, when he discovered a mandolin in his home and began to teach himself how to play it. He soon was taken under the tutela ...
).
Structure
The E-flat major quartet is in four movements, as follows:
The piece was
published posthumously in 1991 by .
Discography
The Sibelius Academy Quartet made the world premiere studio recording of the E-flat major quartet for
Finlandia
''Finlandia'', Op. 26, is a tone poem by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. It was written in 1899 and revised in 1900. The piece was composed for the Press Celebrations of 1899, a covert protest against increasing censorship from the R ...
in 1988. The table below lists this and other commercially available recordings:
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String quartets by Jean Sibelius
1885 compositions
Compositions in E-flat major