String Quartet No.8 (McEwen, John Blackwood)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 movements
Composition Year	1913
Genre Categories	Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players

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III. La Racleuse. Vivace
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Performer Pages	Steve's Bedroom Band (string quartet)
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Complete Score
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Publisher. Info.	London: Cary & Co., 1916. Plate C.B. 121.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Violin 1
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Violin 2
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Viola
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Cello
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Editor	First edition
Publisher. Info.	London: Cary & Co., 1916. Plate C.B. 126.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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Performance of La Racleuse movement. Competition performance, students at Skola za muzicke talente, Ćuprija, Serbia in March 2015.

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Work Title	String Quartet No.8
Alternative. Title	String Quartet No.8 "Biscay" (or No.6)
Name Translations	String Quartet No. 8; 8. strygekvartet
Name Aliases	String Quartet No. 8 in A Major; String Quartet No. 8 "Biscay" (or No. 6)
Composer	McEwen, John Blackwood
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IJM 10
Key	A major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 movements: I. Le Phare. Allegro maestoso ( = 80) II. Les Dunes. Andante mesto ( = 72) III. La Racleuse (Scherzo). Vivace ( = 152)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1913
First Performance.	1915, London String Quartet
First Publication.	1916 – London: Cary & Co.
Dedication	The London String Quartet
Average DurationAvg. Duration	17 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Early 20th century
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	2 violins, viola, cello
Extra Information	La Racleuse is not described as a scherzo on the parts themselves, however. Note: See WorldCat for 1913 date, and these PDF program notes ((c) 2003, Levon Chilingirian) re the 1915 first performance. At least three? commercial recordings, on Chandos and on Meridian (Edinburgh Quartet). Cadensa lists a 1916 recording by the London String Quartet on Columbia (Columbia L1116, said to be very slightly abridged.) Republished by Oxford University Press in 1923.