The String Quartet No. 2 is a string quartet in D major written by Alexander Borodin in 1881. It was dedicated to his wife Ekaterina Protopova. Some scholars, such as Borodin’s biographer Serge Dianin, suggest that the quartet was a 20th anniversary gift and that it has a program evoking the couple’s first meeting in Heidelberg. Of its four movements, the third movement “Notturno” is the most famous, and part of it was adapted into the song “And This Is My Beloved” from the 1953 Broadway musical Kismet.
| Date of composition | 1881 |
| Type | String Quartet |
| Tonality | D Major |
| Instruments |
Viola
Cello 2x Violin |
| Autotranslations beta |
Alexandre Borodine: Quatuor à cordes n°2 en ré majeur Aleksandr Porfir'evič Borodin: Quartetto d'archi n. 2 in re maggiore Alexander Porfirjewitsch Borodin: Streichquartett Nr. 2 D-dur |