String Quartet #08
Appleby Catalogue W number:
W446
The 8th String Quartet was written in Rio in 1944, and dedicated to the Quarteto Iacovino.
Movements:
- Allegro
- Lento
- Scherzo - Vivace
- Quasi allegro
Year Composed:
Category:
Chamber Music
Instrumentation:
String Quartet
Scores:
Published by Ricordi, Milan.
Villa-Lobos, Heitor. 1949. VIII. quarteto: per violino I, violino II, viola e violoncello. Milano: Ricordi
Recordings:
- Complete String Quartets (Cuarteto Latinoamericano)
- String Quartets #01, 08 & 13 (Marco Polo)
- String Quartets #7-11 (Quarteto Amazônia)
You can listen to the Quarteto Amazonia playing Quartets 8, 9, & 10, streamed on the Internet on this page of the Radio UOL website.
Performances:
The premiere performance was by the Quarteto Iacovino, on September 5, 1946, in Rio.
There are four records in the Villa-Lobos Concerts database for this String Quartet as of August 2009.