String Quartet No. 1 in A minor

Reynaldo Hahn · 1874–1947 · Venezuelan-French

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as Quatuor à cordes en la mineur

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 18 min
Composed: 1939
Era: Late Romantic

Notes

Four movements including a Récit et chanson de Provence

About this work

Composed: 1939

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