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String Quartet No. 6 in D minor, Op. 35

Wilhelm Stenhammar · 1871–1927 · Swedish
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 26 min
Composed
1916
Era
Late Romantic

Notes

Last of the six quartets; four movements ending in a Presto

About this work

Composed
1916
First performed
1918-4-17 in Gothenburg, by the Gothenburg Quartet.
  1. Tempo moderato, sempre un poco rubato
  2. Allegro vivace
  3. Poco adagio
  4. Presto
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