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February 1871
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Tchaikovsky's first completed string quartet of three string quartets published during his lifetime. it premiered in Moscow on 16/28 March 1871 by four members of the Russian Musical Society: Ferdinand Laub and Ludvig Minkus, violins; Pryanishnikov, viola and Wilhelm Fitzenhagen. The melody from the 2nd theme of the Andante cantabile, in D-flat major, was also used as the basis for the popular song "On the Isle of May" popularized by Connee Boswell in 1940.
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