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String Quartet No. 1 in D minor

Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga · 1806–1826 · Spanish
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 23 min
Composed
1823
Era
Early Romantic

Notes

Four movements; the finale moves from an Adagio into a galloping 6/8 Allegretto

About this work

Composed
1823
Dedicated to
son Pere (his father)
  1. Allegro
  2. Adagio con espressione
  3. Menuetto. Allegro
  4. Adagio Allegretto
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