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The early string quartet in the U.S.A.

Author/creator Kohon String Quartet
Format Audio (CD) and Musical Sound Recording
Publication InfoEnglewood Cliffs, NJ : Vox Box 2, ℗1992.
Description2 audio discs (154 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorByman, Isabelle, 1906-1981, instrumentalist.
Included WorkChadwick, G. W. (George Whitefield), 1854-1931. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 4, E minor.
Included WorkLoeffler, Charles Martin, 1861-1935. Music, violins (2), viola, cello.
Included WorkGriffes, Charles Tomlinson, 1884-1920. Sketches based on Indian themes.
Included WorkFranklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Quartet, violins (3), cello, F major.
Included WorkMason, Daniel Gregory, 1873-1953. String-quartet on Negro themes.
Included WorkFoote, Arthur, 1853-1937. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 3, op. 70, D major.
Included WorkHadley, Henry, 1871-1937. Quintet, piano, violins (2), viola, cello, op. 50, A minor.
Contents String quartet in E minor / Chadwick (27:01) -- Music for four stringed instruments / Loeffler (28:37) -- Two sketches based on Indian themes / Griffes (12:01) -- String quartet : as originally written for open strings / Franklin (6:22) -- String quartet in G minor : based on Negro themes, op. 19 / Mason (26:59) -- String quartet in D major, op. 70 / Foote (25:48) -- Piano quintet in A minor, op. 50 / Hadley (25:54).
Local noteLittle--305140006019
General noteThe 4th work for 3 violins and violoncello, the 7th for piano and string quartet. Attribution of the 4th work to Benjamin Franklin unsubstantiated; cf. New Grove, VI:803.
General noteCompact discs.
General noteBiographical and program notes by R.D. Darrell ([8] p.)--inserted in container.
CreditsAttribution of the 4th work to Benjamin Franklin unsubstantiated; cf. New Grove, VI:803.
Performer Kohon Quartet ; with Isabelle Byman, piano (7th work).
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded in 1969.
UPC 047163505720
Publisher numberCDX 5057 Vox Box 2

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