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Its notable features include a prominent viola solo at the very beginning of the first movement, and a high, sustained harmonic E on the first violin in the last movement, which represents the ringing in his ears that presaged Smetana's deafness, although the actual ringing was a chord in A-flat major.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"smetana-string-quartet-no-1-in-e-minor-from-my-life-henle","title":"Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor (\"From My Life\")","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/es\/collections\/bedrich-smetana\"\u003eBedřich Smetana (1824-1884)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Milan Pospísil\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong class=\"original-instrumentation-title\"\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"original-instrumentation\"\u003eString Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello)\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/es\/collections\/smetana-string-quartet-no-1-in-e-minor-from-my-life-jb-1105\"\u003eString Quartet No. 1 in E Minor (\"From My Life\"), JB 1:105\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISMN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9790201808147\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-width\"\u003e9.3\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan class=\"book-length\"\u003e12.2\u003c\/span\u003e inches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 66\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUrtext \/ Critical Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten in 1876, Smetana's Quartet in E minor is considered one of the most famous string quartets of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"G. 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