Bedrich Smetana's quartet "From My Life" features a solo by this instrument at the beginning of its first movement while Brahms Spiritual lullaby is written for accompaniment by it and piano.
Bedrich Smetana's quartet "From My Life" features a solo by this instrument at the beginning of its first movement while Brahms Spiritual lullaby is written for accompaniment by it and piano. During the twentieth century prominent virtuosos included Lionel Tertis and William Primrose and composers William Walton and Bela Bartok wrote concertos for it. Perhaps more notable, the instrument is featured prominently in The Swan-Turner, composed by one of its musicians, Paul Hindemith. Though high register music for it is often written on the treble clef, music for it is typically written on the alto clef. Famously the "March of the Paladins" from Harold in Italy was written to feature a solo on it by Niccolò Paganini. For ten points-- what is this stringed instrument often overshadowed by the cello and violin?
Bedrich Smetana's quartet "From My Life" features a solo by this instrument at the beginning of its first movement while Brahms Spiritual lullaby is written for accompaniment by it and piano.
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