in Washington, D.C.

Barber accepted a commission for a second string quartet in 1947, but never got past a few pages of sketches.

Music

The string quartet has three movements:

The opening movement is in sonata form, the second movement a famous adagio, and the final version of the finale, added to the second movement attacca, is shortened, lasting two minutes, and revisits themes from the opening movement, thereby

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