▁music ▁for ▁chamber ▁ens emb les ▁and ▁solo ▁instruments ▁forms ▁a ▁small ▁part ▁of ▁his ▁o e uv re . ▁Gro ve ▁lists ▁twenty - four ▁pieces ▁under ▁the ▁heading ▁" Ch am ber ▁and ▁instrument al "; ▁three ▁are ▁early , ▁un pub lished ▁works . ▁V aug han ▁Williams , ▁like ▁most ▁leading ▁British ▁ 2 0 th - century ▁compos ers , ▁was ▁not ▁drawn ▁to ▁the ▁solo ▁piano ▁and ▁wrote ▁little ▁for ▁it . ▁From ▁his ▁m ature ▁years , ▁there ▁surv ive ▁for ▁standard ▁chamber ▁group ings ▁two ▁string ▁quart ets ▁( 1 9 0 8 – 1 9 0 9 , ▁re vised ▁ 1 9 2 1 ; ▁and ▁ 1 9 4 3 – 1 9 4 4 ), ▁a ▁" ph ant asy " ▁string ▁qu int et ▁( 1 9 1 2 ), ▁and ▁a ▁son ata ▁for ▁viol in ▁and ▁piano ▁( 1 9 5 4 ). ▁The ▁first ▁quart et ▁was ▁written ▁soon ▁after ▁V aug han ▁Williams ' s ▁studies ▁in ▁Paris ▁with ▁R avel , ▁whose ▁influence ▁is ▁strongly ▁evident . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁the ▁magazine ▁Gram oph one ▁described ▁the ▁second ▁quart et ▁as ▁a ▁master pie ce ▁that ▁should ▁be , ▁but ▁is ▁not , ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁international ▁chamber ▁re pert ory . ▁It ▁is ▁from ▁the ▁same ▁period ▁as ▁the ▁Six th ▁Sym phony , ▁and ▁has ▁something ▁of ▁that ▁work ' s ▁sever ity ▁and ▁an gu ish . ▁The ▁qu