Jāzeps Vītols (German: Joseph Wihtol; 26 July 1863 – 24 April 1948) was a Latvian composer, pedagogue and music critic. He is considered one of the fathers of Latvian classical music.

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Les vendredis / Pyatnitsi (Пятницы) / Fridays
Recueil de pièces pour Quatuor d'archets

16 pieces in 2 volumes (1899)
Cahier I

#4 Menuet in B flat major (1899)
Dedication: Victor Ewald
I took the liberty to edit in (a bit rough) a repeat of the Menuet after the Trio.

Shostakovich Quartet

In 1885 Belyayev brought the "Russian Symphony Concerts" to St Petersburg, and from 1891 in his house there were weekly "quartet Fridays" ("Les Vendredis") . The composers promoted by Belyayev several times wrote musical contributions both in his honor and to contribute to these occasions. For example, in 1886, for his 50th birthday, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Lyadov and Glazunov collaborated on a string quartet on the notes B-A-F (Be-la-ef), in 1895, Glazunov, Lyadov and Rimsky-Korsakov composed the three movement 'Jour de fête' or 'Name-Day Quartet', and in 1899, 10 of the group collaborated to compose the Variations on a Russian Theme in G major, and another collection -of 16 movements by 11 of the group- was published under the "Les Vendredis" group name] Another of their joint projects was a set of variations on a Russian theme for piano and orchestra, to which in addition Alexander Kopylov, Nikolay Sokolov and other members of the circle contributed individual movements. (For further details, see Classical music written in collaboration.) The renowned Russian musicologist Alexander Ossovsky maintained close ties with Belyayev's Circle.

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