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String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 1
Alexander Glazunov · 1865–1936 · Russian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the violin 1 part
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Violin 1
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 21 min
- Composed
- 1881–82
- Era
- Late Romantic
Notes
Student work written at 16; four movements, Andante moderato opening
About this work
- Composed
- 1882
- Dedicated to
- Lyudmila Shestakova née Glinka (1816–1906)
- Andante moderato
- Scherzo. Vivace
- Andante
- Finale. Moderato
A step before · level 4
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Joseph Haydn
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19 min
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A step after · level 6
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Antonín Dvořák
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32 min
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