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String Quartet No. 2 in E major, Op. 45

Vincent d' Indy · 1851–1931 · French
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Quatuor à cordes no 2
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 36 min
Composed
1897
Era
Late Romantic

Notes

Dedicated to Guy Ropartz; the second of d'Indy's three cyclic quartets

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Composed
1897
Dedicated to
Guy Ropartz
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