String Quartet No. 2 ("Company")

Philip Glass · b. 1937 · American

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Level 4 · Early advanced — about ABRSM 7 · RCM 8, with the parts evenly matched

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Full work
Length: About 8 min
Composed: 1983
Era: Contemporary

Notes

Four short movements of repeated arpeggio patterns

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