Three Pieces for String Quartet (Stravinsky)

Three Pieces for String Quartet is a composition by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was finished in 1914, revised in 1918,^[1] and eventually published in 1922.^[2]

Composition

As most of the works by Igor Stravinsky, this three-movement work was arranged from a four-hands on one piano version, from which the final revised version of 1918 derives and differs in some respects. The manuscript (originally titled IStravinsky. Trois pièces pour quatuor à cordes – reduction pour piano à quatre mains par moi, IStr.) contained no movement titles for any of the three pieces. However, with the passing of time, Stravinsky rearranged these three movements for large orchestra, together with his Étude pour pianola, and premiered the whole collection as Quatre études in 1928.^[1]

Structure

This collection of pieces takes approximately 7 minutes to perform. The movement list is as follows:

1. (later entitled "Danse" in Quatre études)
2. (later entitled "Eccentrique" in Quatre études)
3. (later entitled "Cantique" in Quatre études)

References

1. Jacobs, Paul (2008). Stravinsky: Music for Four Hands. New York: Nonesuch Records and Arbiter Records. p. 5. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
2. Carpenter, Alexander (2012). "Pieces (3) for string quartet". Rovi Corporation, Ltd. Retrieved January 26, 2012.