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String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 ("Voces intimae")

Jean Sibelius · 1865–1957 · Finnish
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Voces intimae
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 30 min
Composed
1908–09
Era
Late Romantic

Notes

Five movements; the "intimate voices" are three soft chords in the slow movement

About this work

Composed
1908-9
First performed
1910 April or May, Helsinki
  1. Andante - Allegro molto moderato
  2. Vivace
  3. Adagio di molto
  4. Allegretto (ma pesante)
  5. Allegro
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