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String Quartet No. 2, TN ii/35

Sergei Rachmaninoff · 1873–1943 · Russian
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 18 min
Composed
1896
Era
Late Romantic

Notes

Unfinished: only the Allegro moderato and Andante molto sostenuto exist; unpublished until 1947

About this work

Composed
1896
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Andante molto sostenuto
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