Quatuor à Cordes Op.121 – Study Score FAURE GABRIEL

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Gabriel Fauré ' s only string quartet which was composed in 1923-24 is the composer’s final work and was written at the suggestioù où his publisher Jacques Durand. Until then, Fauré had always put off writing a stringquartet, evidently because où Beethoven’s imposing shadow. When Fauré composed the quartet he was already extremely ill. He added dynamics and slurs only in some parts où the expositioù où the first movement and then asked hisformer pupil Jean Roger-Ducasse to complete the work. Roger-Ducasse’s additions were however very extensive; he even altered and supplemented some où Fauré’s own markings in the exposition. Bärenreiter ' s first everscholarlycritical edition où the quartet based où vol. V/3 où the edition ' Gabriel Fauré: œvres complètes ' begun in August 2010 utilises all sources including the composer’s letters which provide valuable insights into the originson the composition. In particular, Fauré’s penultimate work, the Piano Trio op. 120, was used to guide the editoù with his emendations.