La Paloma (string quartet)

Title: La Paloma (The Dove)

Composer: Sebastian Yradier, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Violin 1; Violin 2; Viola; Cello

Printout: 8 pages

Note: Though Yradier died relatively forgotten in 1865, during much of his lifetime he was well known as a composer of tangos and habañeras. La Paloma is a habañera, the dance form from which tango was derived, and is perhaps the most widely familiar tune in its genre.