String sextet
In classical music, a string sextet is a composition written for six string instruments, or a group of six musicians who perform such a composition. Most string sextets have been written for an ensemble consisting of two violins, two violas, and two cellos.
Among the earliest works in this form are the six string sextets Op. 23 of Luigi Boccherini, written in 1776. Other notable string sextets include the Opp. 18 and 36 of Johannes Brahms, the Op. 48 of Antonín Dvořák, the Souvenir de Florence (Op. 70) of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Verklärte Nacht (Op. 4) by Arnold Schoenberg, the op. 10 of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Erwin Schulhoff's String Sextet (1924) and the String Sextet (1989) of Charles Wuorinen.
Notable string sextets[edit]
- Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) String Sextets Op.23 (1776)
- Hakon Børresen (1876-1954) Sextet in G Major, Op.5 (1901)
- Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
- String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 18
- String Sextet No.2 in G major, op.36
- Frank Bridge (1879-1941) String Sextet (1906-1912)
- Karl Davydov (1838-1889) Sextet, op.35 (1880) dedicated to Leopold Auer
- Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski (1807-67) Sextet in Eb major, op.39 (1845)
- Ernő Dohnányi (1877-1960) String Sextet in B flat major 26:58
- Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904) String Sextet in A major, Op. 48, B. 80 33:07
- Eduard Franck (1817-1893)
- String Sextet No.1 in E Flat, Op.41 (1882)
- String Sextet No.2 in D Major, Op.50 (1894)
- Niels Gade (1871-1890) Sextet in E flat Major, Op.44 (1865)
- Louis Glass (1864-1936) Sextet in G Major, Op.15 (1893)
- Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)
- Sextet No.1 in C minor (1898)
- String Sextet No 2 in B minor, Op. 7 (1904)
- String Sextet No 3 in C major, Op.11 (1904)
- Heinrich Hofmann (1842-1902) Sextet op.25 (1874)
- Joseph Holbrooke (1878-1958) Sextet in D, op.43 (1924)
- Vincent D'Indy (1851-1931) String Sextet in Bb major, op.92 (1927)
- Hans Koessler (1853-1926) Sextet in F minor (1902)
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold(1897-1957) String Sextet in D major, Op. 10 (1917) 32:41
- Arnold Krug (1849-1904) Sextet in D major, op.68
- Max Lewandowsky (1874-1906) Sextet op.5 (1904)
- Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) String Sextet, H. 224 Paris, 1932 15:36
- Mihaly Mosonyi (1815-1870) String Sextet in C minor 31:54
- Per August Ölander (1824-1886) String Sextet (1876)
- Walter Piston (1894-1976) String Sextet (1964) 18:10
- Joachim Raff (1822-1882) Sextet in g minor, Op.178 (1872)
- Max Reger (1873-1916) Sextet in F Major, Op.118 (1910)
- Friedhelm Rentzsch (1955 - ) String Sextet (1981) 15:00
- Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) String Sextet in A major 29:45
- Anton Rubenstein (1829-1894) Sextet in D major, op.97
- Peter Schickele String Sextet (1990) 26:00
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) Op. 4 (1899) 27:12
- Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942) String Sextet (1924) 20:30
- Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
- String Sextet No.1 in C minor (1898)
- String Sextet No 2 in B minor, Op. 7 (1904)
- String Sextet No 3 in C major, Op.11 (1904)
- Richard Strauss (1864-1949) from the Opera “Capriccio” Op.85 (1942) 9:26
- Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 34:36
- Nicolai von Wilm (1834-1911) Sextet in B minor, Op.27 (1898)
- Charles Wuorinen String Sextet (1989)
References[edit]
- The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians ed. S. Sadie (London: Macmillan, 1980)
- Naxos Music Library (www.NaxosMusicLibrary.com)