String trio

The Trio Broz during the Harare Festival of Arts 2008

A Streichtrio is a chamber music - ensemble consisting of three strings, typically violin , viola and cello . Compositions for this line-up are also called string trios. The string trios by Haydn , Beethoven and Schubert are known, for example .

Works for violin, viola and violoncello

• Luigi Boccherini : 6 Tercetti F, c, A, D, E, F op. 14 G 95-100 (1772); 6 Tercetti f, G, E, D, C, E op. 34 G 101-106 (1781); 6 Tercettini A, G, B, E, D, F op. 47 G 107–112 (1793)
• Felice Giardini : 6 trios op.17, 6 trios op.20, 6 trios op.26, 2 trios op.posth.
• Václav Pichl : 6 Trios op.7
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Divertimento Es KV 563 (1788)
• Johann Georg Albrechtsberger : 6 Terzetti op.9a (1789/1793)
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trio Es op. 3 (1792); Serenade D op. 8 (1797); String trio G op. 9 No. 1 (1797/98); String Trio D op. 9 No. 2 (1797/98); String Trio c op.9 No. 3 (1797/98)
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel : Trio for violin / viola, viola and violoncello Eb (1799); Trio for violin / viola, viola and violoncello G (1801)
• Anton Reicha : String Trio F (before 1809)
• Franz Alexander Pössinger : Trios concertantes op. 36 No. 1 & 2; Serenata in Trio concertante op.10
• Franz Schubert: String Trio BD 471 (1816); String Trio BD 581 (1817)
• Heinrich von Herzogenberg : String Trio A op. 27 No. 1 (1879); String Trio F op. 27 No. 2 (1879)
• Ferdinand Thieriot : 1st string trio in D (1892); 2nd string trio in a (1893)
• Carl Reinecke : String Trio c op.249 (1898)
• Ernst von Dohnányi : Serenade C op.10 (1904)
• Leó Weiner : String Trio g op.6 (1908)
• Robert Fuchs : String Trio A op.94 (1912)
• Sergej Taneyev : String Trio D (1879/80); String trio h (1913)
• Jefim Golyscheff : Twelve-tone music (1914)
• Wilhelm Berger : String Trio g op.69 (1908)
• Max Reger : String Trio a op.77b (1904); String trio d op.141b (1915)
• Hanns Eisler : Scherzo (1920), Prelude and Fugue on BACH op.46 (1934)
• Theodor W. Adorno : String trio in one movement (approx. 1920), 2nd string trio (1921/22)
• Matthijs Vermeulen : String Trio (1923)
• Artur Schnabel : String Trio (1925)
• Jean Cras : String Trio (1926)
• Anton Webern : String Trio op.20 (1926/27)
• Jan van Gilse : String Trio (1927)
• Erich Itor Kahn : Light Night Music (1927)
• Józef Koffler : String Trio op.10 (1928)
• André Jolivet : Suite (1930)
• Ernest Moeran : String Trio G (1931)
• Boris Blacher : String Trio (1931)
• Paul Hindemith : String Trio op. 34 (1924); String trio o.op. (1933)
• Jean Françaix : String Trio (1933)
• Nikos Skalkottas : String Trio No. 2 (1935)
• Allan Petterson : Four Improvisations (1936)
• Peter Mieg : string trio (1937), string trio (1984)
• Ernst Toch : String Trio op.63 (1936)
• Bohuslav Martinů : String Trio No. 1 H 136 (1923); String Trio No. 2 H 238 (1934)
• Albert Roussel : String Trio op.58 (1937)
• Darius Milhaud : Sonatina à trios op.221b (1940), string trio op.274 (1947)
• Gideon Klein : String Trio (Theresienstadt, 1944)
• Hans Krása : Passacaglia and Fugue (1944)
• Bernd Alois Zimmermann : String Trio (1944)
• László Lajtha : Sérénade op.9 (1927); String Trio No. 2 Op. 18 (1932); String Trio No. 3 op.41 Soirs transsylvains (1945)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos : String Trio W 460 (1945)
• Arnold Schönberg : String Trio op.45 (1946)
• Johann Nepomuk David : String Trio G (1931); String Trio op. 33, No. 1 Nicolo Amati in memoriam (1945); String Trio op. 33, No. 2 Antonio Stradivario in memoriam (1945); String Trio op. 33, No. 3 Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù in memoriam (1948); String trio op.33, no.4 Jacobo Stainer in memoriam (1948)
• Bertold Hummel : String Trio op.1b (1948)
• Ernst Krenek : String trio op.118 (1948/49), Parvula Corona Musicalis op.122 (1950 ), string trio in 12 stations op.237 (1985)
• Mieczyslaw Weinberg : String Trio op.48 (1950)
• Wolfgang Fortner : String Trio (1952)
• Sándor Veress : Trio per archi (1954)
• Josef Schelb : Trio for violin, viola and violoncello (1956)
• Giacinto Scelsi : String Trio (1958)
• Rudolf Escher: Trio à cordes (1959)
• Goffredo Petrassi : Trio (1959)
• Sylvano Bussotti : Phrase à trois (1959/60)
• Terry Riley : String Trio (1961)
• Ernstalbrecht Stiebler : String Trio Extension I (1962–63)
• Tison Street: String Trio (1963)
• Elizabeth Lutyens: String Trio op.57 (1964)
• Helmut Lachenmann : String Trio (1965)
• Emmanuel Nunes : Degrés (1965)
• Charles Wuorinen : String Trio (1967-68)
• Jean-Pierre Guézec: Trio à cordes (1968)
• Edison Denisov : String Trio (1969)
• Hans-Joachim Hespos: Zeitschnitte (1971)
• Walter Piston : 3 Counterpoints (1973)
• Yoshihisa Taïra : Dioptase (1973)
• Bertold Hummel : Adagio "in memoriam Benjamin Britten" for string trio op. 62a (1976)
• Ton-That Tiêt: Chu Ky I (1976), Et la rivière chante l'éternité (2000)
• Roman Haubenstock-Ramati : String Trio No. 1 "Ricercari" (1948/78); String Trio No. 2 (1985)
• Iannis Xenakis : Ikhoor (1978)
• Camillo Togni : String Trio (1978/80)
• Ivan Wyschnegradsky : String Trio op. 53 (1978–79)
• Adriana Hölszky : Inner Worlds (1981)
• Wolfgang Fortner: String Trio No. 1 (1953); String Trio No. 2 (1983)
• Félix Ibarrondo: Phalène (1983)
• Salvatore Sciarrino : Codex purpureus (1983)
• Roman Haubenstock-Ramati : Ricercari String Trio (1948/78); String Trio (1985)
• Klaus K. Hübler: First String Trio "Concert Paraphrase" (1980/84)
• Ernst Krenek : String Trio op. 118 (1949); String trio op. 122 Parvula corona musicalis ad honorem JS Bach (1950); String trio in 12 stations, op.237 (1985)
• Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling : String Trio (1983); Study on BACH (in the string trio movement, 1985)
• Alfred Schnittke : String Trio (1985)
• Michael Finnissy: String Trio (1986)
• Aribert Reimann: String Trio (1986/87)
• Günter Steinke: String Trio (1987/88)
• Sofia Gubaidulina : String Trio (1988)
• Klaus Huber: The Poet's Plow (1989)
• Robert Simpson : String Trio (1989)
• Edih Canat de Chizy: Hallel String Trio No. 1 (1991), Tiempo String Trio No. 2 (1999), Moving String Trio No. 3 (2001)
• Krzysztof Penderecki : String Trio (1991)
• Gottfried Michael Koenig: 60 sheets (1992)
• Walter Zimmermann : Distentio (1992)
• Cornelius Schwehr : whoever does not dance yours mocks the agreed movement (1992–93)
• Gerhard Stäbler : Farewells. Kassandra Study (1992/93)
• Krzysztof Meyer : String Trio (1993)
• Daniel Schnyder : String Trio (1993)
• Mathias Spahlinger : presentimientos. variations (1993)
• Carola Bauckholt : String Trio (1994)
• Michael Quell: String trio - le son d´un monde secret et couvert - (1994)
• Christoph Staude : String Trio (1994)
• Georges Aperghis : Faux mouvement (1995)
• Francisco Guerrero : Zayin I (1983), Zayin II (1989), Zayin III (1989), Zayin V (1995), Zayin VIIb (1997)
• Brian Ferneyhough : String Trio (1995)
• Siegfried Matthus : "Windspiele" for violin, viola and violoncello (1995)
• Edu Haubensak: String Trio (1990/96)
• Dieter Schnebel : Lamah? (1996)
• Emilio Pomàrico : Night Fragments (1995/98)
• Karlheinz Essl jun. : à trois - seul (1998)
• Gérard Pesson: Fureur contre informe (pour un tombeau d'Anatole) (1998)
• Ernst Helmuth Flammer: Durée vécue vers l'Eternel (1999)
• Cecilie Ore: Non nunquam (1999)
• Wolfgang von Schweinitz : SOUND on the beautiful mountain La Monte Young. Voice exercise in the hymn of praise for string trio with live electronic ring modulation ad libitum, op. 39 (1999)
• Pierluigi Billone : MANI.GIACOMETTI (2000)
• Georg Kröll : Like mountains, that lofty ... (2001)
• Ernest Sauter : Trio pour violon, alto et violoncelle (1999); Ballade pour violon, alto et violoncelle (2001); 3me Trio pour violon, alto et violoncelle (2007)
• Jonathan Harvey : String Trio (2004)
• Matthias Pintscher : Study II for Treatise on the Veil (2005)
• Liduino Pitombeira: Amadeus , String Trio op.113 (2006)
• Friedrich Cerha : Nine Bagatelles (2008)
• Samy Moussa: Rondeau II (2009)
• Kaija Saariaho : Cloud Trio (2009)
• Ulrich Alexander Kreppein: Fantastic Pieces I: Windinnres (2008/10)
• Mark Andre : ... to ... (2004), iv8 (2009/10)
• Albert Breier: Shadow Change (2010)
• Pascal Dusapin : Microgrammes (2010)
• Atac Sezer : Flow (2010)
• Fredrik Zeller: The Paganini Complex (2010)
• Elliott Carter : String Trio (2011)
• Dai Fujikura: scion stems (2011)
• Julian Wagstaff : In Extremis (2011)
• John Zorn : All Hallow's Eve. Satanic Counterpoint for the Witches' Sabbath (2012)

• Nikolaus Brass : Morgenlob (1981/83), Second String Trio Glanz (2009), Third String Trio Characters, Drawings (2013)
• Anders Eliasson : Trio d´archi Ahnungen (2013)
• Tom Sora: Peer Pressure (2011); Second string trio (2015)
• Judit Varga: Mosar (2017)

Works for two violins and viola

• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf : 6 Sonatas op. 2, k212–217 (not dated)
• Nicolas-Joseph Chartrain : 6 Trios concertants (Paris, 1785)
• Johann Gottlieb Naumann : 2 trios G, Bb (not dated)
• Antonín Dvořák : Terzetto C op.74 (1887); Drobnosty [Miniatures] op. 75a (1887)
• Robert Fuchs : 2 Terzette E, D op. 61 (1898); Trio c sharp op.107 (1923)
• Sergei Taneyev [Сергей Иванович Танеев]: Trio D op. 21 (1907); Trio in E flat major op. 31 for violin, viola and tenor viola (1910/11); two movements of a string trio in B minor (begun in 1913, published in 1948)
• Ernst Toch: Serenade, op 25 (1916)
• Zoltán Kodály : Serenade op.12 (1910–1920)
• Bohuslav Martinů : Serenade No. 2 h216 (1932)
• Rezső Sugár (1919–1988): Szerenád (1954)

Ensembles

• German String Trio (1972)
• Gaede Trio (1983, 1991)
• Viennese String Trio (1972)
• TrioCoriolis (2003)

Web links

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