Strings — Practical study pieces
Late Romantic / Russian · 1881

String Quartet No. 2 — Notturno

A. Borodin

Key
D
Time
C
Tempo
♩=60
AO focus
AO3

Incipit

Form

Slow movement of String Quartet No. 2. Famous as one of the most lyrical Russian chamber pieces.

Teaching points

  • Russian chamber idiom
  • Slow movement architecture
  • Diploma chamber
Full score ↓Public domain

Bessel + later urtext, PD.

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