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BTC898 STRING QUARTET NO. 1 IN D

For string quartet, op. 25
Composition date: Jul 1941
Date notes

The composition draft is dated 28 Jul 1941.

First performance: 21 Sep 1941 >>
Type of performance: Concert performance
Location: Belle Wilber Thorne Hall, Occidental College, Los Angeles
Performance details:

Coolidge String Quartet

Genre: Chamber
Duration: 26'
Dedication: 'To Mrs Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge'

Elizabeth (Penn) Sprague Coolidge (1864-1953), American patron of music.

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