String Quartet No. 2 "From the Monkey Mountains"
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String Quartet No. 2 "From the Monkey Mountains" is a modernist Czech chamber work by Pavel Haas, notable for its vivid evocation of Moravian landscapes and its inventive, jazz-influenced finale.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chamber music composition
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string quartet ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Druhý smyčcový kvartet "Z opičích hor"
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String Quartet No. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedRegion |
Brno region
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Moravia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogueStatus | one of Pavel Haas’s best-known works ⓘ |
| composer | Pavel Haas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Czech Republic
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Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Central European interwar music
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Czech modernism ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | unknown (not widely documented) ⓘ |
| evokes | Moravian landscapes ⓘ |
| finaleCharacteristic |
jazz-influenced
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use of percussion in some performances or arrangements ⓘ |
| genre |
chamber music
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modernist music ⓘ string quartet ⓘ |
| hasMovement |
I. Landscape (or similar landscape-evoking first movement)
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II. Slow movement ⓘ III. Scherzo-like movement ⓘ IV. Jazz-influenced finale ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
landscape
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nature ⓘ regional identity ⓘ |
| hasType |
concert work
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instrumental work ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Czech folk music traditions
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jazz ⓘ |
| intendedEnsemble | string quartet ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none (instrumental) ⓘ |
| movementCount | 4 ⓘ |
| nickname | From the Monkey Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of jazz elements into a classical string quartet
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inventive use of rhythm ⓘ vivid evocation of landscape ⓘ |
| originalInstrumentation |
cello
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two violins ⓘ viola ⓘ |
| partOf | Pavel Haas’s chamber music output ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Moravian folk idioms ⓘ |
| stylisticFeature |
colorful orchestration-like string writing
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jazz influence ⓘ rhythmic vitality ⓘ |
| titleInCzech | Smyčcový kvartet č. 2 "Z opičích hor" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workOf | Pavel Haas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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