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The melancholic ''Andante cantabile'' movement of the quartet has become famous, and was founded on a folk-song the composer heard whistled by a house painter. When the quartet was performed at a tribute concert to Leo Tolstoy , the author was said to have been brought to tears by this movement. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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