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The String Quartet No. 3 in E-Flat minor, Op. 30, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, was composed in 1876, and is the last of his three String Quartets. It was written as a memorial for Ferdinand Laub. (The date upon the manuscript is early February 1876.) The quartet was performed for the first time at a party at Nikolai Rubinstein's apartment on March 2, 1876. The first public performance was at a concert on 30 March (new style/March 18 (old style), the performers being: Jan Hřímalý〔 and Adolph Brodsky, violins; Yuly Gerber, cello; and Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, cello. Once, while Tchaikovsky was staying with some friends, they surprised him by bringing in a String Quartet who performed this quartet for him. When they finished playing, Tchaikovsky remarked, "At first I didn't much like the Finale, but now I see that it is quite good." Recently, it was featured in the downloadable content ''Left Behind'' for the 2013 video game ''The Last of Us''. == Structure == The work is in four movements and is approximately 37 minutes long. # Andante Sostenuto - Allegro moderato # Allegretto vivo e scherzando # Andante funebre e doloroso, ma con moto # Finale: Allegro non troppo e risoluto. The ''Andante funebre'' was originally intended to be the second movement, with the ''Allegretto vivo e scherzando'' as the third, but Tchaikovsky later decided to switch them. 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. 3 (Tchaikovsky)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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