String Quartet, Op. 89

Amy Beach · 1867–1944 · American

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as Quartet for Strings (in One Movement)

Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, for the violin 1 part

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Violin 1
Form: Full work
Length: About 12 min
Composed: 1921–29
Era: Late Romantic · woman composer

Notes

One movement on three Inuit melodies; sketched 1921, finished 1929; ed. A. F. Block (1994)

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Composed: 1921-29
First performed: 1929

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