Arnold Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 5 (1949) (unfinished fragments). Performed by the Rangzen String Quartet. These are fragmentary sketches for the beginning of each of the four movements of a fifth string quartet by Arnold Schoenberg. All the movements are dated June 1, 1949 except for the 4th movement which is mistakenly dated June 1, 1948. The 1st movement consists of only the 1st 18 bars in condensed score format. The 2nd movement consists of only the 1st 11 bars in short score. The 3rd movement consists of only the 1st 14 bars in score format. The 4th movement consists of 29 bars of a single line melody. There are also two large sheets with 6 printed staves written in pencil. One contains a fragmentary draft of the 1st 12 bars of the 4th movement in short score. The other contains row sketches on 4 staves.

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