String Quartet No. 2 (Bloch)
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String Quartet No. 2 (Bloch)
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The String Quartet No. 2 by Ernest Bloch was composed between 1940 and 1945. The quartet averages 34 minutes to perform. Bloch wrote it following a close study of Beethoven’s sketches for the Eroica symphony. After its premiere, Ernest Newman called the String Quartet No. 2 "the finest work of our time in this genre, one that is worthy to stand beside the last quartets of Beethoven". The composer himself called it "dry, not easy to listen to … and I doubt it will be liked". Today it is typically
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2018-06-05T19:51:40Z
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2024-09-09T01:56:57Z
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