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String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D. 703 ("Quartettsatz")

Franz Schubert · 1797–1828 · Austrian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, for the violin 1 part
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Short piece
Length
About 9 min
Composed
1820
Era
Early Romantic

Notes

Single movement; tremolo opening and high violin 1 melody

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