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String Quartet No. 3 ("Mishima")

Philip Glass · b. 1937 · American
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 17 min
Composed
1985
Era
Contemporary

Notes

Six movements drawn from the film score; driving repeated patterns

About this work

  1. 1957 Award Montage
  2. November 25 (Ichigaya)
  3. 1934 Grandmother and Kimitake
  4. 1962 Body Building
  5. Blood Oath
  6. Mishima / Closing
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