Piece for Muted Strings 'Elegiac Song' (Fine, Vivian)

		Movements/Sections 1 movement Composition Year 1937 Genre Categories Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players

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• Scores (1)

Scores

 Complete Score and Parts
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rhymesandchymes (2012/5/8)

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Vivian Fine Estate

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General Information

Work Title	Piece for Muted Strings (Elegiac Song)
Alternative Title

Composer	Fine, Vivian
Movements/Sections	1 movement
Year/Date of Composition	1937
First Performance	1939-03-26, New York City, Town Hall Club, League of Composers’ Concert, Frederick Dvonch, Dorothy Kesner, violins, Edward Neikrug,viola, and George Neikrug, cello
Average Duration	4 minutes
Piece Style	Modern
Instrumentation	2 violins, viola, cello

Misc. Comments

Fine composed this piece in response to the Spanish Civil War, and subtitled it “for the children of Spain.” She and her husband Ben helped raise money for the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, a contingent of Americans who fought in the Spanish Republican Army against the Fascists.