The quartet was performed for the first time at a party at Nikolai Rubinstein's apartment on March 2, 1876. The first public performance was at a concert on 30 March (new style/March 18 (old style), the performers being: Jan Hřímalý and Adolph Brodsky, violins; Yuly Gerber, viola; and Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, cello.
Date of composition | 1876 |
Premiered | 1876, March 30th in Moscow, Russia |
First published | 1876 in Moscow, Russia |
Dedicated to | To the memory of Ferdinand Laub |
Type | String Quartet |
Tonality | E-flat Minor |
Catalogue | Op. 30 |
Approx. duration | 38 minutes |
Instruments | String Quartet |
Autotranslations beta |
Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski: Quatuor à cordes n°3 en mi bémol mineur, Op. 30 Pëtr Il'ič Čajkovskij: Quartetto d'archi n. 3 in mi bemolle minore, Op. 30 Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski: Streichquartett Nr. 3 es-moll, Op. 30 |