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Strijkkwartet

By Leo Smit

genre
Chamber music
instrumentation
String Quartet (2 violins, viola, cello) (2 vl vla vc)
duration
7 minutes
year
1943
location of manuscript
www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number 119/003
status
published score
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Details

Unfinished. Only piano reduction exists. Third and fourth movement only as a sketch (March 1943) First movement and several bars second movement transcribed for string quartet by Jeff Hamburg in 2000

I. -

II. Scherzo

III. Lento

IV. Finale

Images

Strijkkwartet.jpg
Strijkkwartet.jpg

About Leo Smit

(05/14/1900 - 04/30/1943)
Leo Smit

1900 - 1943

His music sounds thoroughly French, with bright and blithe notes that seemingly flow easily from his pen. In reality, it took many years before his musical ideas were incorporated into his compositions. And however French it may sound, Leo Smit was in heart and soul hooked to Amsterdam and the Netherlands. His song for women's choir, De bruid (The bride), set to words by Jan Prins is a declaration of love: “The groom was the sunlight and Holland was his bride.” It also took years before his legacy would reach an international audience.

by Jurjen Vis