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String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ("From My Life")

Bedřich Smetana · 1824–1884 · Czech
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Z mého života · Aus meinem Leben
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, for the violin 1 part
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Full work
Length
About 28 min
Composed
1876
Era
Early Romantic

Notes

Autobiographical; viola solo opening, a high violin harmonic depicts the composer's tinnitus

About this work

  1. Allegro vivo appassionato
  2. Allegro moderato à la Polka
  3. Largo sostenuto
  4. Vivace
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