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''ラテン語:Voces intimae'' ("Intimate voices" or "Inner voices"), Op. 56, is the title of a string quartet by Jean Sibelius. He composed the work in D minor, structured in five movements, in 1909. It is the only major work for string quartet of his mature period. 〔 == History == As a student, Sibelius composed several works for string quartet. In 1885 he finished a string quartet in E-flat major, followed in 1889, after several individual movements for the scoring, by a string quartet in A minor. The first string quartet to receive an opus number was in 1890 the quartet Op. 4 in B-flat major.〔 He wrote no string quartets until ''ドイツ語:Voces intimae'' in 1909. Composed between his Third and Fourth Symphony,〔 it remained "the only major work for string quartet of Sibelius's mature period".〔 Sibelius composed the quartet from December 1908, working on it in London in early 1909. The Latin title, translating to "Intimate Voices" or "Inner voices", marks a "conversational quality"〔 and "inwardness" of the music. The composer wrote about his work in a letter to his wife: "It turned out as something wonderful. The kind of thing that brings a smile to your lips at the hour of death. I will say no more."〔 Sibelius showed it to his publisher on 15 April 1909.〔 The first performance was on 25 April 1910 at the Helsinki Music Institute on 25 April 1910. A review in the Helsingin Sanomat noted: "The composition attracted a great deal of attention, and it is undoubtedly one of the most brilliant products in its field. It is not a composition for the public at large, it is so eccentric and out of the ordinary."〔 Sibelius later wrote about the composition: "The melodic material is good but the harmonic material could be 'lighter', and even 'more like a quartet.'"〔 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「Voces intimae (Sibelius)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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