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The String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56, also known as Voces intimae, was a string quartet written by Jean Sibelius in 1908, and finished in 1909. It was the fourth and final string quartet written by the composer. While composing this piece, Sibelius was suffering from an undiagnosed throat condition that he believed to be cancer. The quartet was composed mostly while Sibelius was in London, Paris, and Berlin.

Structure
The string quartet consists of five movements.
 * 1) Andante - Allegro molto moderato
 * 2) Vivace
 * 3) Adagio di molto
 * 4) Allegretto
 * 5) Allegro