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The String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 22, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, was composed between December 1873 and January 1874. In October 1874, Tchaikovsky is on record as considering it his finest work. "I regard it as my best work; no other piece has poured forth from me so simply and easily. I wrote it almost at one sitting. (from letter to his brother Modest, quoted in reference 〔''Tchaikovsky, a self Portrait'' by Alexandra Orlova, OUP, 1990, ISBN 0-19-315319-X〕). Also, later (quoted in the chapter '1879-1881'), "I wrote that music (Vakula) with affection and with delight, just as I did... the Second Quartet" (from letter to Nadezhda von Meck, ibid). == Structure == The 1st movement starts with an introductory 18 bars (without key signature) of ''Adagio'' in 6/8 time marked quaver = 66, with the character almost of a cadenza with increasingly rococo embellishment, before leading to the main body which is a ''Moderato Assai, quasi andantino'' in F major, in 4/4 time, crotchet = 80. The 2nd movement (5 flats) ''Allegro Giusto'', dotted crotchet = 112, in a mixed 6/8 and 9/8 tempo in mostly a 2 bars of 6/8 + 1 bar of 9/8 pattern, occasionally augmented to 3+1 and 4+1; a middle section in 3/4 (3 sharps) marked ''l'istesso tempo'' follows, then a return to the asymmetrical 2+1 complex tempo; as tension mounts at the end the pattern is stretched to 14+1. The 3rd movement (4 flats) is an ''Andante ma non tanto'' crotchet = 60 in 3/4 time, with a midsection in 4 sharps ''pochissimo piu moto'' (crotchet = 76). The 4th movement, back in F major, is ''Allegro con moto'' 3/4 crotchet = 136 and is relatively uncomplicated. (Technical data from the first edition, published in Moscow by P. Jurgenson, n.d. (1875). Plate 2581; this file is available at IMSLP and is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.)〔(IMSLP )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「String Quartet No. 2 (Tchaikovsky)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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