String Quartet in F major ("Willkommen und Abschied")

Niels Gade · 1817–1890 · Danish

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as Welcome and Farewell

Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the violin 1 part

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Violin 1
Form: Full work
Length: About 22 min
Composed: 1840
Era: Early Romantic

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Early quartet; the subtitle appears on IMSLP and on the BIS and CPO recordings

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Composed: 1840

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