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String Quartet No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 10

Arnold Schoenberg · 1874–1951 · Austrian-American
For 2 violins, viola, cello, voice
Level 9 · Virtuoso — about FRSM / FTCL, with the parts evenly matched
MinorDramaticDarkLyricalWell-known

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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 30 min
Composed
1908
Era
20th century

Notes

A soprano joins in the last two movements; the step into atonality

About this work

  1. Mäßig
  2. Sehr rasch
  3. Litanei (langsam)
  4. Entrückung (sehr langsam)
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