String Quartet No. 6 (Spohr)

Louis Spohr's String Quartet No. 6 ("Gran Quatuor"[1]) in G minor, Op. 27, was completed in 1812. Dedicated to Count Razumovsky,[1][2] the dedicatee of Beethoven's Opus 59 string quartets, the composition, like the earlier String Quartet No. 3, is a concertante work with the musical emphasis being placed on the first violinist, while the other players act as accompaniment.

Movements

The composition is in four-movement form:[1]

  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Adagio
  3. Menuetto: Allegro
  4. Finale: Vivace

Keith Warsop notes that the Adagio second movement seems to have been adapted from sketches to an unfinished violin concerto.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "String Quartet, Op.27 (Spohr, Louis)". International Music Score Library Project. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Brown, Clive; Warsop, Keith. "SPOHR, L.: String Quartets (Complete), Vol. 4 – Nos. 3, 4, 6 (New Budapest Quartet)". Naxos.com. Retrieved September 22, 2012.


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