Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996)

Nationality: Soviet | Polish

Born: December 8, 1919, Warsaw Died: February 26, 1996, Moscow (age 76)

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String Quartet No. 13, Op. 118

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)

Duration: 14 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1977 (age 57-58)

2 recordings, 2 videos

13:33

Silesian Quartet

14:07

Quatuor Danel

Teacher

Nationality: Russian | Soviet

Born: February 24, 1872, Taganrog Died: May 25, 1964, Moscow (age 92)

friend, colleague

Nationality: Russian | Soviet

Born: September 25, 1906, St. Petersburg Died: August 9, 1975, Moscow (age 68)

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string quartet, Streichquartett [G], quatuor à cordes [F], quartetto d'archi [I], quartetto di cordi [I], cuarteto de cuerda [S]—an ensemble as well as music 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.
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