Erwin Schulhoff - String Quartet No. 1,2

Erwin Schulhoff

Composer Ervin Schulhoff and dancer Milča Mayerová, ca 1931

 (Czech: Ervín Šulhov; 8 June 1894 – 18 August 1942)

was a Czech composer and pianist. He was one of the figures in the generation of European musicians whose successful careers were prematurely terminated by the rise of the Nazi regime in Germany and whose works have been rarely noted or performed.

String Quartet No. 1 (1924)

0:00 - I. Presto con fuoco
2:15 - II. Allegretto con moto e con malinconia grotesca
5:53 - III. Allegro giocoso alla Slovacca
8:50 - IV. Andante molto sostenuto

Performed by the Kocian Quartet

 String Quartet No. 2

String Quartet No. 2 (1925) with score

0:00 - I. Allegro agitato
3:27 - II. Tema con variazioni - Moderato
9:59 - III. Allegro gajo
13:01 - IV. Finale - Andante quasi introduzione - Allegro molto

Performed by the Kocian Quartet