Felix did not spare harsh words about her String Quartet in E flat major of 1834: "I would advise you to pay greater heed to maintaining a certain form, particularly in the modulations." Fanny countered immediately: "You lived and composed your way through this, while I have remained stuck in it, and without the strength with which delicacy can and should only exist. This is why I feel you either did not hit the nail on the head with me, or could not express it."In the meantime, contemporary mus...

• 1. Adagio ma non troppo
• 2. Allegretto
• 3. Romanze
• 4. Allegro molto vivace