String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83

Edward Elgar · 1857–1934 · British

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, with the parts evenly matched

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Full work
Length: About 30 min
Composed: 1918
Era: Late Romantic

Notes

Three movements; dedicated to the Brodsky Quartet

About this work

Composed: 1918
Dedicated to: The Brodsky Quartet
First performed: 21 May 1919 in London, Wigmore Hall; Albert Sammons and William Henry Reed W.H. Reed (violins), Raymond Jeremy (viola), Felix Salmond (cello)

Allegro moderato ()
Piacevole (poco andante) ()
Allegro molto ()

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