String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36, by English composer Benjamin Britten, was written in 1945. It was composed in Snape, Suffolk and London, and completed on 14 October. The first performance was
Britten in the mid-1960s
Zorian Quartet
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The Zorian Quartet was an English all-female string quartet ensemble. It was founded in 1942 by and named after violinist Olive Zorian. It gave the premiere performances of, and made the first recordi
The Zorian Quartet: Olive Zorian (violin I); Marjorie Lavers (violin II); Winifred Copperwheat (viola); and Norina Semino (cello)