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Contrasts, Sz. 111

Béla Bartók · 1881–1945 · Hungarian
For violin, clarinet, piano
Level 9 · Virtuoso — about FRSM / FTCL, for the violin part
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Ensemble
Strings & winds
Hardest part
Violin
Form
Full work
Length
About 18 min
Composed
1938
Era
20th century

Notes

Written for Szigeti and Goodman; scordatura violin in the finale

About this work

  1. Verbunkos
  2. Pihenő
  3. Sebes
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