String Quartet in G major

Guillaume Lekeu · 1870–1894 · Belgian

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 35 min
Composed: 1888
Era: Late Romantic

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Six movements; survives in manuscript parts, widely recorded

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