String Quartet No.3, Op.14 (Nielsen, Carl)

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Work Title String Quartet No.3
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Composer Nielsen, Carl
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.14 ; CNW 57
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ICN 185
Key E-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
  1. Allegro con brio (E-flat major)
  2. Andante sostenuto (E-flat major)
  3. Allegretto pastorale (C major)
  4. Finale. Allegro coraggioso (E-flat major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1897-98, revised 1899
First Publication. 1899
Dedication Edvard Grieg
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, violoncello
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The quartet, Op. 14, was composed in 1897–98, while Nielsen was running Thygesminde, the farm of his parents-in-law near Kolding, Jutland. He presumably started on the quartet during summer 1897, finishing the first movement in December. After half a year he resumed composing, though not without problems. It is not known when the work was completed. The Nielsen and Grieg families were close friends, but beyond this none of the sources shed more light on the composer's reason for dedicating it to Edvard Grieg.