Entr'acte

Caroline Shaw · b. 1982 · 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: Short piece
Length: About 11 min
Composed: 2011
Era: Contemporary · woman composer

Notes

After a Haydn minuet; harmonics, strummed pizzicato, sudden shifts of sound

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