“Prélude (Recueillement)”, for string quartet (1925)

Original title: Prélude (Recueillement).

Scoring: two violins, viola and cello. Composition date: 1925.

Completed in Cleveland in May 1925 and marked Larghetto. Recueillement suggests inward...Read more

Original title: Prélude (Recueillement).

Scoring: two violins, viola and cello. Composition date: 1925.

Completed in Cleveland in May 1925 and marked Larghetto. Recueillement suggests inward reflection. Premiered in San Francisco on 7 May 1926 and published in 1929. A later organ version dates from 1946.

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