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Cinque schizzi lirici op. 25 B

By Wilhelm Rettich

genre
Chamber music
instrumentation
String Quartet (2 violins, viola, cello) (2vl vla vc)
duration
8 minutes
status
published score
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Details

Five lyrical scetches op. 25 B

1. Con soavità
2. Lento assai
3. Molto tranguillo
4. Quasi presto
5. Poco sostenuto

ISMN: 979-0-2038-7076-0

About Wilhelm Rettich

Wilhelm Rettich

Wilhelm Rettich belonged to that generation of those whose work and life was deeply affected by the First and Second World Wars. Captivity, persecution, hiding and losses scarred his life. In 1933, he emigrated to the Netherlands, where he survived the war in hiding. Rettich worked a great deal for the radio, a young and progressive medium at that time. Although he became a Dutch citizen after the World War II, he returned to Germany in 1964.

by Diet Scholten