String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36, by English composer Benjamin Britten, was written in 1945. It was composed in Snape, Suffolk and London, and completed on 14 October. The first performance was by the Zorian Quartet in the Wigmore Hall, London on 21 November 1945, in a concert to mark the exact 250th anniversary of the death of English composer Henry Purcell (1659–95). The work was commissioned by and is dedicated to Mary ("Mrs J. L.") Behrend, a patron of the arts; Britten donated most of his fee towards famine relief in India.
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| - Quatuor à cordes no 2 de Britten (fr)
- Quartetto per archi n. 2 (Britten) (it)
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| - Le Quatuor à cordes no 2 en ut majeur opus 36 est une œuvre de musique de chambre composée par Benjamin Britten en 1945. Il est créé le 21 novembre 1945. (fr)
- Il Quartetto per archi n. 2 in do maggiore, Op. 36, del compositore inglese Benjamin Britten, fu scritto nel 1945. Fu composto a Snape, Suffolk e a Londra e completato il 14 ottobre. La prima esecuzione fu data dallo Zorian Quartet alla Wigmore Hall di Londra il 21 novembre 1945, in un concerto per celebrare il 250º anniversario della morte del compositore inglese Henry Purcell (1659 – 95). L'opera era stata commissionata da Mary ("Mrs J. L.") Behrend, mecenate delle arti e a lei fu dedicata; Britten donò la maggior parte del suo compenso per alleviare la carestia in India. (it)
- String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36, by English composer Benjamin Britten, was written in 1945. It was composed in Snape, Suffolk and London, and completed on 14 October. The first performance was by the Zorian Quartet in the Wigmore Hall, London on 21 November 1945, in a concert to mark the exact 250th anniversary of the death of English composer Henry Purcell (1659–95). The work was commissioned by and is dedicated to Mary ("Mrs J. L.") Behrend, a patron of the arts; Britten donated most of his fee towards famine relief in India. (en)
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| - Benjamin Britten: String Quartet No.2 in C majorProfessor Roger Parker (en)
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| - Le Quatuor à cordes no 2 en ut majeur opus 36 est une œuvre de musique de chambre composée par Benjamin Britten en 1945. Il est créé le 21 novembre 1945. (fr)
- String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36, by English composer Benjamin Britten, was written in 1945. It was composed in Snape, Suffolk and London, and completed on 14 October. The first performance was by the Zorian Quartet in the Wigmore Hall, London on 21 November 1945, in a concert to mark the exact 250th anniversary of the death of English composer Henry Purcell (1659–95). The work was commissioned by and is dedicated to Mary ("Mrs J. L.") Behrend, a patron of the arts; Britten donated most of his fee towards famine relief in India. The Zorian Quartet made the first recording of the work, in October 1946. It occupies seven sides of a four-disc 78rpm album. On the eighth side is Purcell's Z.745, with Britten playing the sustained middle C drone on second viola; the only recording on which he played viola, his favourite string instrument. Broadcaster and classical music critic John Amis (1922–2013), husband of Olive Zorian 1948–55, recalled of the first rehearsals: Ben[jamin Britten] and me had to sit on the floor in me and my wife’s flat following the score of his second string quartet in rehearsals because me and my wife only had four chairs and the quartet had to use them. (en)
- Il Quartetto per archi n. 2 in do maggiore, Op. 36, del compositore inglese Benjamin Britten, fu scritto nel 1945. Fu composto a Snape, Suffolk e a Londra e completato il 14 ottobre. La prima esecuzione fu data dallo Zorian Quartet alla Wigmore Hall di Londra il 21 novembre 1945, in un concerto per celebrare il 250º anniversario della morte del compositore inglese Henry Purcell (1659 – 95). L'opera era stata commissionata da Mary ("Mrs J. L.") Behrend, mecenate delle arti e a lei fu dedicata; Britten donò la maggior parte del suo compenso per alleviare la carestia in India. (it)
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