String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 167

Charles Villiers Stanford · 1852–1924 · Irish

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: 1919
Era: Late Romantic

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Still unpublished; a late, introspective quartet recorded by the Dante Quartet

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