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String Quartet No. 2

string quartet by Aaron Jay Kernis
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Instance of
musical work/composition
Award received
Pulitzer Prize for Music[2]
Inception
1997[7]
Genre
chamber music, contemporary classical music[5][6]
Publication date
1997[8]
Duration
39 minute[14]
Composer
Aaron Jay Kernis[3]
Copyright status
copyrighted[15]
Date of first performance
January 10, 1998[12]
Form of creative work
string quartet[16]
Instrumentation
violin, viola, cello[9][10][11]
Publisher
G. Schirmer Inc.[4]
Title
String Quartet No. 2[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en String Quartet No. 2 en String Quartet No. 2, "musica instrumentalis" (1997) de 2. Streichquartett
🔖 Identifiers · 4
VIAF cluster ID
177194612
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no00017297
Freebase ID
/m/0gtvbqc
MusicBrainz work ID
536375ad-2de2-475d-8671-665b6331549c

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Summary

String Quartet No. 2 is a musical work/composition[1].

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  • Release type: Quartet[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 536375ad-2de2-475d-8671-665b6331549c[18]

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What awards did String Quartet No. 2 receive?

Honors received include Pulitzer Prize for Music[2].

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  1. [3] ↑ . pulitzer.org. Retrieved . pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . aaronjaykernis.com. Retrieved . aaronjaykernis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . aaronjaykernis.com. Retrieved . aaronjaykernis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . aaronjaykernis.com. Retrieved . aaronjaykernis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . pulitzer.org. Retrieved . pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . aaronjaykernis.com. Retrieved . aaronjaykernis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . aaronjaykernis.com. Retrieved . aaronjaykernis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . pulitzer.org. Retrieved . pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . pulitzer.org. Retrieved . pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . pulitzer.org. Retrieved . pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . pulitzer.org. Retrieved . pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . pulitzer.org. Retrieved . pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . aaronjaykernis.com. Retrieved . aaronjaykernis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . aaronjaykernis.com. Retrieved . aaronjaykernis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . pulitzer.org. Retrieved . pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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