String Quartet No. 2, ... farewell to a great friend…
(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
Duration: 9 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1971 (age 27-28)
1 recording,
1 videos
8:34
Crafoord String Quartet
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Hilding Rosenberg (1892-1985)
Teacher
Nationality:
Swedish
Born: June 21, 1892, Bosjökloster, Ringsjön, Skåne Died: May 19, 1985, Stockholm (age 92)
Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916-1968)
Teacher
Nationality:
Swedish
Born: October 19, 1916, Växjö Died: June 14, 1968, Kungsängen (age 51)
Ingvar Lidholm (1921-2017)
Teacher
Nationality:
Swedish
Born: February 24, 1921, Jönköping Died: October 17, 2017 (age 96)
Marie Samuelsson (born 1956)
Student
Nationality:
Swedish
Born: February 15, 1956, Stockholm (age 69)
glossary
- chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
- quartet, quatuor [F], quartett [G], quartetto [I], cuarteto [S]—ensemble or work for four players the most important examples being the string quartet and the piano quartet
- string quartet, Streichquartett [G], quatuor à cordes [F], quartetto d'archi [I], quartetto di cordi [I], cuarteto de cuerda [S], vonósnégyes [H]—ensemble or a work written for that ensemble comprising 2 violins, viola, and cello. This is one of the essential genres/forms/ensembles of chamber music and arguably a critical "core" of "classical" music. Explore the string quartet | wiki