String Quartet No. 1 in E major

Woldemar Bargiel · 1828–1897 · German

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 17 min
Composed: 1848
Era: Late Romantic

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Student quartet of 1848, in manuscript; first recorded in the 2018 cpo set

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Composed: 1848, 1848–1850 (ca.)

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