String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

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String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 is Claude Debussy’s only string quartet and a landmark work of French impressionist chamber music.

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instanceOf chamber music composition
string quartet
alsoKnownAs Debussy, String Quartet, Op. 10
surface form: Debussy String Quartet

String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
surface form: Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, L. 85
catalogNumber L. 85
composer Claude Debussy
compositionPeriod 1892–1893
countryOfOrigin France
dedicatedTo Eugène Ysaÿe
firstPublicationDate 1894
genre French chamber music
impressionist music
string quartet
hasCatalogueAbbreviation Debussy, String Quartet, Op. 10
historicalSignificance landmark of French impressionist chamber music
influenced 20th-century string quartet repertoire
influencedBy César Franck
French impressionist style
instrumentation cello
two violins
viola
isOnlyStringQuartetBy Claude Debussy
key G minor
languageOfWork none (instrumental)
movement I. Animé et très décidé
II. Assez vif et bien rythmé
III. Andantino, doucement expressif
IV. Très modéré – En animant peu à peu – Très mouvementé et avec passion
notableFeature coloristic string writing
innovative harmony
modal and whole-tone inflections
use of cyclic form
numberOfMovements 4
opusNumber Op. 10
period early modern
late Romantic
placeInOeuvre only completed string quartet by Claude Debussy
premiereDate 1893
premiereLocation Paris
premierePerformers Ysaÿe Quartet
publisher Durand
scoring string quartet
structureFeature cyclic thematic recurrence across movements
style French impressionism
tonalCenter G minor
typicalDuration about 25 minutes
workOf Claude Debussy
yearOfComposition 1893

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Claude Debussy notableWork String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 alsoKnownAs String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
this entity surface form: Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, L. 85