Sibelius String Quartets

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:String_Quartet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Borodin_Quartet
gptkbp:available_formats Sheet music
Audio recordings
Video performances
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Jean_Sibelius
gptkbp:critical_reception Generally well-received
Considered significant contributions to chamber music
gptkbp:cultural_significance Important in Finnish music history
gptkbp:dedication To the memory of the composer’s mother
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sibelius String Quartets
gptkbp:influenced String Quartet repertoire
gptkbp:influenced_artists Various 20th-century composers
Contemporary Finnish composers
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Finnish_Folk_Music
gptkbp:is_studied_in Commonly studied in music programs
gptkbp:notable_album gptkb:3
gptkb:String_Quartet_No._1_in_A_minor,_Op._54
gptkb:String_Quartet_No._2_in_D_minor,_Op._56
gptkb:String_Quartet_No._3_in_B_minor,_Op._67
gptkbp:notable_features Emotional depth
Complex harmonies
Use of silence
gptkbp:notable_performance gptkb:String_Quartet
Part of classical music repertoire
Performed at festivals
Performed by string quartets worldwide
gptkbp:notable_recordings gptkb:Various_artists
Performed by the Borodin Quartet
Performed by the Emerson String Quartet
Performed by the Hagen Quartet
Performed by the Juilliard String Quartet
Performed by the Artemis Quartet
Performed by the Belcea Quartet
Performed by the St. Lawrence String Quartet
Performed by the Dover Quartet
Performed by the Escher String Quartet
Performed by the Miro Quartet
Performed by the Pacifica Quartet
Performed by the Ying Quartet
Performed by the Kronos Quartet
Performed by the Afiara Quartet
Performed by the Alban Berg Quartet
Performed by the Helsinki String Quartet
Performed by the New Orford String Quartet
Performed by the Takács Quartet
gptkbp:premiere 1909
gptkbp:related_works Other chamber music by Sibelius
gptkbp:style Late Romantic
gptkbp:year_composed gptkb:1929
1909
1910