The String Quartet in D minor ("Voces intimae"), Op. 56, is a string quartet by Jean Sibelius, composed in 1909.

The quartet has five movements:

  1. Andante - Allegro molto moderato
  2. Vivace
  3. Adagio di molto
  4. Allegretto (ma pesante)
  5. Allegro

The music.

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  • John Irving, Mozart, the "Haydn" quartets. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1998)
  • Williams, Peter F. The chromatic fourth during four centuries of music. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997: 130

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Category:1909 compositions Category:Compositions by Jean Sibelius Category:Compositions in D minor