Works for String Quartet

by Anton Webern, Alban Berg, Igor Stravinsky

This impressive volume brings together three major 20th-century chamber works: Berg's String Quartet No. 1, Op. 3; Stravinsky's Three Pieces for String Quartet; and Webern's Five Movements for String Quartet.
Heavily influenced by the works of Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg's String Quartet No. 1 brought its composer into the musical vanguard. Schoenberg declared himself astonished by the "fullness and unconstraint of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486442926
• ISBN13: 9780486442921
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.3" x 10.9"