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String Quartet No. 1, TN ii/30

Sergei Rachmaninoff · 1873–1943 · Russian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the violin 1 part
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Full work
Length
About 11 min
Composed
1889–90
Era
Late Romantic

Notes

Unfinished: only the Romance and Scherzo exist; unpublished until 1947

About this work

Composed
1889-90
First performed
1945 in Moscow. Beethoven Quartet
  1. Romance / Романс (Romans)
  2. Scherzo / Скерцо (Skerzo)
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