String Quartet No.4 (McEwen, John Blackwood)

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		Movements/Sections 4 movements I. Allegro ma non troppo – Più lento II. Vivace III. Andante espressivo – Poco più mosso – Tempo primo IV. Larghetto – Vivace – A tempo – Vivace – Larghetto – Vivace – Presto Composition Year 1905 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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Publisher Info.:

Milan: G. Ricordi & Co., 1908. Plate 111942.

Copyright:

Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

An indifferent scan of a poorly printed original without cover page. Original scans: 600dpi, grayscale, losslessly-compressed tif files approximately 4600 by 6100 pixels. Deskewed, converted to black and white, and set uniform margins.

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General Information

Work Title	String Quartet No.4
Alternative Title

Composer	McEwen, John Blackwood
Key	C minor
Movements/Sections	4 movements I. Allegro ma non troppo – Più lento II. Vivace III. Andante espressivo – Poco più mosso – Tempo primo IV. Larghetto – Vivace – A tempo – Vivace – Larghetto – Vivace – Presto
Year/Date of Composition	1905
First Publication	1908 if not earlier
Dedication	Mrs. Rachel Henry Cheetham
Average Duration	21 minutes
Piece Style	Early 20th century
Instrumentation	2 Violins, viola, cello

Misc. Comments

Apparently numbering here not affected by McEwen's having rejected his first 2 quartets - this one still described as quartet no.4 both on original printing and in current accountings, unlike the Biscay Quartet (published as no.8, later described by the composer as no.6) and Threnody (no.9/no.7) etc.