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String Quartet No. 2 (Janáček)

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You stand behind every note, you, living, forceful, loving. The fragrance of your body, the glow of your kisses – no, really of mine. Those notes of mine kiss all of you. They call for you passionately...
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The première of the work took place on 11 September 1928, a month after Janáček died. The composition was performed by the Moravian Quartet.
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has interpreted the third "letter", or movement, as a lullaby for the son that Janáček and Kamila Stösslová never had together.
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who, in 1923, requested Janáček to compose two string quartets for them. The first was the
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albeit not in the traditional sense. For example, the work closes with six D-flat major
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The "Intimate Letters" quartet was the second to be composed after a request from the
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is intended to personify Kamila. The viola part was originally written for a
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assumes a prominent role throughout the composition, as this
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Index

Leoš Janáček
Bohemian Quartet
"Kreutzer Sonata" quartet
classical
Czech
composer
Kamila Stösslová
viola
instrument
viola d'amore
Milan Škampa
Smetana Quartet
tonal
chords
Janáček


Vítězslav Novák
Janáček Quartet
Prague
Supraphon
String Quartet No.2, "Intimate Letters"
International Music Score Library Project
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Leoš Janáček
List of compositions
Šárka
The Beginning of a Novel

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