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4 for Solo Cello that Weinberg had composed a little earlier to mark the 60th birthday of Valentin Berlinsky – the cellist of the Borodin Quartet.

The cello solo is a reference to Sonata No. From the first bars, the cheerful mood of the Allegro with its dance-like 6/8 metre conjures up a jubilee-like atmosphere. (.)Īnd just as in the case of the previous quartet, being familiar with Weinberg’s intentions helps us understand the character of String Quartet No. I believe it’s my moral obligation to write about the war and the terrible suffering that our century brought upon people.” The best-known piece in which this theme takes centre stage is the opera The Passenger, with which Weinberg is today most associated. It was dictated by fate, the tragic fate of those who were dear to me. “Many of my works refer to the war” explained Weinberg. His parents and sister were unable to get out of Warsaw in time and four years later they perished in Trawniki concentration camp. He had parted with his loved ones forever in September 1939. While the Symphony was penned in memory of his mother, the Quartet was composed with his sister in mind.

16 (completed in January 1981) and at the same time he was working on his Symphony No. (.) Weinberg wrote his String Quartet No. It seems that Weinberg was writing from the perspective of a pianist and perhaps this is the reason why the manuscript reads “Dedicated to Professor Jozef Turczynski”.The result was a three-movement cycle with a slow central movement and a dance-like finale that brings back themes from the beginning of the piece. It is devoid of any clear echoes of Szymanowski’s style or of neoclassicism, the latter being most appealing to the younger generation of composers at the time. The String Quartet that Weinberg completed in May 1937 bears no resemblance to the music that young Warsaw composers were fascinated with at that time.

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