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String Quartet No. 2 in C major

Luigi Cherubini · 1760–1842 · Italian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, for the violin 1 part
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Full work
Length
About 28 min
Composed
1829
Era
Classical

Notes

The composer's transcription of his Symphony in D major, with a new second movement

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Composed
1829
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