String Quartet No. 1 (Tailleferre)
Movements
i Modére, ii Intermede, iii Final. Vif – Tres rythmé – un peu plus lent
Notes
French composer Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) composed her String Quartet over a creative two-year period between 1917-1919. Tailleferre dedicated the work to the famous pianist Arthur Rubinstein. When the work was premiered in 1919, Tailleferre was invited to join Nouveaux Jeunes (later known as Les Six), which consisted of a group of composers pushing the boundaries of music beyond impressionism and Wagnerism.
