Chadwick's joyful fourth string quartet was composed in 1895.

I. Andante moderato
II. Andante semplice (6:49)
III. Giocoso, un poco moderato (12:45)
IV. Finale: Allegro molto risoluto (19:30)

from the album liner notes:
"His German-influenced Brahmsian blend of formal classicism with romantic melodism never could wholly conceal an unmistakably Yankee sense of humor and even ribaldry. ...What perhaps is most remarkable about it is the fact that Chadwick never quotes (as far as can be determined) any folk, Negro ,or other, traditional tunes. Yet this music couldn't possibly have been written by anyone who hadn't grown up in this country's late nineteenth-century age of holiday ministrelsy and Sunday hymnody."

Performed by the Kohon Quartet

Paintings by Frederick Childe Hassam (1859-1935)

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