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String
Quartet No. 3
Quintet
for Piano and Strings
The
Portland String Quartet
Virginia
Eskin,
Piano
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George Whitefield
Chadwick (born Lowell, Massachusetts, 13 November 1854;
died Boston, 4 April 1931), renowned in his day as the
"dean of American composers," was also a distinguished
educator and conductor who played a central role in
the development of America's musical life. But his principal
claim to fame is as a composer. His large output includes
six chamber works in the major forms: five string quartets
and a piano quintet. These six works were composed in
chronological pairs: the first two string quartets in
1878, while Chadwick was still a student at the Leipzig
Conservatory; the Third Quartet and the Piano Quintet
in the mid-1880's when he was firmly established as
a youthful leading figure in Boston's musical life;
and the last two quartets in the late 1890's, about
the time he was beginning his position as Director of
the New England Conservatory.
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