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Antonín Dvořák's String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 77 (B. 49), was originally composed in early March 1875 and first performed on 18 March 1876 in Prague at the concert of the Umělecká beseda. It is scored for two violins, viola, cello, and double bass. First marked as Op. 18, it was later slightly revised in 1888 as Op. 77.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44, was written in 1879–1880 and dedicated to Nikolai Rubinstein, who had insisted he perform it at the premiere as a way of making up for his harsh criticism of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto. But Rubinstein never played it, as he died in March 1881, and the work has never ...
In Baroque music, G major was regarded as the "key of benediction". [1] Of Domenico Scarlatti's 555 keyboard sonatas, G major is the home key for 69, or about 12.4%, sonatas. In the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, "G major is often a key of 6 8 chain rhythms", according to Alfred Einstein, [2] although Bach also used the key for some 4
Sonata in G major (HWV 358) Sonata in G major for two flutes and basso continuo, BWV 1039; Sonatina in G major (attributed to Beethoven) St. Cecilia Mass; Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free; Ständchen, WAB 84.2; State Anthem of Uzbekistan; String Duo No. 1 (Mozart) String Quartet No. 3 (Britten) String Quartet No. 1 (Mozart)
Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 126, in 1966 in the Crimea. Like the first concerto, it was written for Mstislav Rostropovich, who gave the premiere in Moscow under Yevgeny Svetlanov on 25 September 1966 at the composer's 60th birthday concert. The concerto is sometimes listed as in the key of G, but the score gives no ...
A filmed version of Usher’s latest concert tour is moving and grooving to the big screen in the fall. “Usher: Rendezvous in Paris” will arrive in movie theaters on Sept. 12 for a limited ...
In G Major is set to Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major, which the composer said "uses certain effects borrowed from jazz, but only in moderation." [1]: 450 The ballet is performed by two soloists, who dance the central pas de deux that takes place in the second movement, and a corps de ballet consisting of six men and six women. [2]