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Eleanor Alberga (born 1949)

Nationality: Jamaican

Born: September 30, 1949, Kingston (age 76)

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String Quartet No. 2

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)

Duration: 16 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1994 (age 44-45)

3 recordings, 3 videos

15:34

NEXUS Chamber Music: Brian Hong (violin), Yoojin Jang (violin), Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt (viola), and Alexander Hersh (cello)

16:23

Matthew Vera, Mina Lavcheva, Ashleigh Gordon, Francesca McNeeley

14:48

Ensemble Arcadiana

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