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	==Dedication==		==Dedication==
	The quartet was dedicated to [[Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich]], ~~who was the~~ president of the Russian Musical Society.		The quartet was dedicated to "à son Altesse Impériale le Grand Duc Constantin Nicolaéwitsch" — the [[Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich]], president of the Russian Musical Society.

	==External Links==		==External Links==

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	According to [[Nikolay Kashkin]]'s memoirs, this "domestic" performance took place "in [[N. G. Rubinstein]]'s apartment... Besides the performers, who were [[F. G. Laub]], [[J. Hřímalý]] and [[W. Fitzenhagen]] (I do not remember who played the viola, probably Yu[ry] Gerber), I think that only [[K. K. Albrecht]], [[N. A. Hubert]], myself and [[A. G. Rubinstein]] were present" <ref name="note4"/>.		According to [[Nikolay Kashkin]]'s memoirs, this "domestic" performance took place "in [[N. G. Rubinstein]]'s apartment... Besides the performers, who were [[F. G. Laub]], [[J. Hřímalý]] and [[W. Fitzenhagen]] (I do not remember who played the viola, probably Yu[ry] Gerber), I think that only [[K. K. Albrecht]], [[N. A. Hubert]], myself and [[A. G. Rubinstein]] were present" <ref name="note4"/>.

	The first public performance took place on 10/22 March 1874 in [[Moscow]], at the second quartet concert of the Russian Musical Society The performers were: [[Ferdinand Laub]] and [[Jan Hřímalý]] (violis), Yury Gerber (viola), and [[Wilhelm Fitzenhagen]] (cello).		The first public performance took place on 10/22 March 1874 in [[Moscow]], at the second quartet concert of the Russian Musical Society. The performers were: [[Ferdinand Laub]] and [[Jan Hřímalý]] (violis), Yury Gerber (viola), and [[Wilhelm Fitzenhagen]] (cello).

	The [[Saint Petersburg]] premiere took place on 24 October/5 November 1874, with [[Leopold Auer]] and I. Pikkel (violins), I. Belkman (viola), and [[Karl Davydov]] (cello). Responding to a report on this successful performance he wrote to [[Modest Tchaikovsky]] on 29 October/10 November 1874: "I consider it one of my best compositions; none has flowed out of me so easily and simply. I wrote it almost in one sitting and I was very surprised that the public did not take to it, for I find that compositions written so spontaneously normally find favour" <ref name="note5"/>. Later he told [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]]: "If I've written anything ''in my life'' that flowed spontaneously from the very depths of my soul, then it was the first movement of this quartet" <ref name="note6"/>.		The [[Saint Petersburg]] premiere took place on 24 October/5 November 1874, with [[Leopold Auer]] and I. Pikkel (violins), I. Belkman (viola), and [[Karl Davydov]] (cello). Responding to a report on this successful performance, he wrote to [[Modest Tchaikovsky]] on 29 October/10 November 1874: "I consider it one of my best compositions; none has flowed out of me so easily and simply. I wrote it almost in one sitting and I was very surprised that the public did not take to it, for I find that compositions written so spontaneously normally find favour" <ref name="note5"/>. Later he told [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]]: "If I've written anything ''in my life'' that flowed spontaneously from the very depths of my soul, then it was the first movement of this quartet" <ref name="note6"/>.

	The quartet was first performed in [[Kiev]] at the 1st RMS chamber concert on 14/26 November 1886, and in [[London]] on 22 March/3 April 1897 by the Bohemian Quartet, at a concert in the St. James's Hall.		The quartet was first performed in [[Kiev]] at the 1st RMS chamber concert on 14/26 November 1886, and in [[London]] on 22 March/3 April 1897 by the Bohemian Quartet, at a concert in the St. James's Hall.
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	An arrangement of the quartet for piano duet was made by [[Anna Avramova]]. Tchaikovsky wrote favourably of this arrangement to [[Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov]] <ref name="note7"/>. It appeared in print in September 1875 (by the publisher [[Pyotr Jurgenson]]), and in October the same year the individual parts of the quartet were published. The full score of the Second Quartet was issued in March 1876.		An arrangement of the quartet for piano duet was made by [[Anna Avramova]]. Tchaikovsky wrote favourably of this arrangement to [[Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov]] <ref name="note7"/>. It appeared in print in September 1875 (by the publisher [[Pyotr Jurgenson]]), and in October the same year the individual parts of the quartet were published. The full score of the Second Quartet was issued in March 1876.

	In 1955 it was included in volume 31 of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'', edited by Anatoly Aleksandrov.		In 1955, it was included in volume 31 of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'', edited by Anatoly Aleksandrov.

	==Autographs==		==Autographs==

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	<li>''Scherzo''. Allegro giusto (D-flat major, 285 bars)</li>		<li>''Scherzo''. Allegro giusto (D-flat major, 285 bars)</li>
	<li>Andante ma non tanto (F minor, 211 bars)</li>		<li>Andante ma non tanto (F minor, 211 bars)</li>
	<li>''Finale''. Allegro con moto (F major, 245 bars)</li>		<li>''Finale''. Allegro con moto (F major, 245 bars).</li>
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Tchaikovsky's '''''String Quartet No. 2''''' in F major, [[Op.]] 22 ([[TH]] 112 ; [[ČW]] 91) was composed and scored in late December 1873 and January 1874 in [[Moscow]].

==Instrumentation==
Scored for 2 violins, viola and cello.

==Movements and Duration==
There are four movements, totalling around 35 to 40 minutes in performance:
<ol style="list-style-type: upper-roman;">
<li>Adagio—Moderato assai (F major, 226 bars)</li>
<li>''Scherzo''. Allegro giusto (D-flat major, 285 bars)</li>
<li>Andante ma non tanto (F minor, 211 bars)</li>
<li>''Finale''. Allegro con moto (F major, 245 bars)</li>
</ol>

==Composition==
"Recalling the Christmases we used to spend in [[Moscow]]", wrote [[Modest Tchaikovsky]], "I remember hearing him come up with the first theme of the first Allegro" <ref name="note1"/>. This would have been December 1873, and Tchaikovsky later remembered that work on the quartet went easily and quickly <ref name="note2"/>. The sequence in which the movements were composed can be determined from the rough draft of the score: the first movement (without the introduction), the fourth movement, the third movement (first version), the second movement, followed by the introduction to the first movement, and a second version of the third movement.
According to the date on the manuscript, the rough draft was finished on 18/30 January 1874.

==Performances==
On 24 January/5 February, Tchaikovsky wrote to his brother [[Anatoly]]: "Now I've written a new quartet, and will hear it in a few days at a soirée at [[Nikolay Rubinstein|Rubinstein]]'s" <ref name="note3"/>.
According to [[Nikolay Kashkin]]'s memoirs, this "domestic" performance took place "in [[N. G. Rubinstein]]'s apartment... Besides the performers, who were [[F. G. Laub]], [[J. Hřímalý]] and [[W. Fitzenhagen]] (I do not remember who played the viola, probably Yu[ry] Gerber), I think that only [[K. K. Albrecht]], [[N. A. Hubert]], myself and [[A. G. Rubinstein]] were present" <ref name="note4"/>.

The first public performance took place on 10/22 March 1874 in [[Moscow]], at the second quartet concert of the Russian Musical Society The performers were: [[Ferdinand Laub]] and [[Jan Hřímalý]] (violis), Yury Gerber (viola), and [[Wilhelm Fitzenhagen]] (cello).

The [[Saint Petersburg]] premiere took place on 24 October/5 November 1874, with [[Leopold Auer]] and I. Pikkel (violins), I. Belkman (viola), and [[Karl Davydov]] (cello). Responding to a report on this successful performance he wrote to [[Modest Tchaikovsky]] on 29 October/10 November 1874: "I consider it one of my best compositions; none has flowed out of me so easily and simply. I wrote it almost in one sitting and I was very surprised that the public did not take to it, for I find that compositions written so spontaneously normally find favour" <ref name="note5"/>. Later he told [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]]: "If I've written anything ''in my life'' that flowed spontaneously from the very depths of my soul, then it was the first movement of this quartet" <ref name="note6"/>.

The quartet was first performed in [[Kiev]] at the 1st RMS chamber concert on 14/26 November 1886, and in [[London]] on 22 March/3 April 1897 by the Bohemian Quartet, at a concert in the St. James's Hall.

==Publication==
An arrangement of the quartet for piano duet was made by [[Anna Avramova]]. Tchaikovsky wrote favourably of this arrangement to [[Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov]] <ref name="note7"/>. It appeared in print in September 1875 (by the publisher [[Pyotr Jurgenson]]), and in October the same year the individual parts of the quartet were published. The full score of the Second Quartet was issued in March 1876.

In 1955 it was included in volume 31 of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'', edited by Anatoly Aleksandrov.

==Autographs==
Tchaikovsky's autograph score is preserved in the {{RUS-Mcm}} in [[Moscow]] {{TOW2|kvartet-no-2|(ф. 88, No. 103)}}.

==Recordings==
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==Dedication==
The quartet was dedicated to [[Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich]], who was the president of the Russian Musical Society.

==External Links==
* {{imslpscore|String_Quartet_No.2,_Op.22_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr)|String Quartet No.2, Op.22}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">{{bib|1900/35|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), p. 423.</ref>
<ref name="note2">See [[Letter 368]] to [[Modest Tchaikovsky]], 29 October/10 November 1874.</ref>
<ref name="note3">[[Letter 336]] to [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]], 24 January/5 February 1874.</ref>
<ref name="note4">[[Nikolay Kashkin]], {{bib|1896/17|Воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском}} (1896), pp. 97–98.</ref>
<ref name="note5">[[Letter 368]] to [[Modest Tchaikovsky]], 29 October/10 November 1874.</ref>
<ref name="note6">[[Letter 483]] to [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]], 6/18 July 1876.</ref>
<ref name="note7">[[Letter 417]] to [[Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov]], 12/24 November 1875.</ref>
</references>
[[Category:Chamber Music]]