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String Quartet No. 2 in F major, EG 117

Edvard Grieg · 1843–1907 · Norwegian
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 30 min
Composed
1891
Era
Late Romantic

Notes

Unfinished at Grieg's death; Julius Röntgen completed it for the 1908 edition

About this work

Composed
1891
First performed
1907 (November) (private performance, Röntgen home. Bauer/Casals/Casals/Röntgen.)
  1. Sostenuto — Allegro vivace e grazioso — Andante — Allegro agitato
  2. Allegro scherzanso — Più vivo
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