Later in the movement the viola, with a quiet persistence which runs on for a number of bars, repeats this same theme thus:—
Another theme of melodious character may also be quoted. It appears first in the key of E♭, and later in G, and, along with what has been mentioned, constitutes the principal subject-matter of the movement which ends this interesting Quartett. The following is the theme as it first appears:—
Gretchaninoff, Op. 2.
As regards the composer of this Quartett, it may be added that Le Ménestrel of July 13th of the year 1902 announced “that a new opera, entitled Nikita Dobriniez, by a young and unknown composer named Gretchaninoff, will be produced in St. Petersburg during the coming winter season.”