String Quintet in F minor

Alexander Borodin · 1833–1887 · Russian

For 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos

Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the violin 1 part

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Ensemble: String quintet
Hardest part: Violin 1
Form: Full work
Length: About 30 min
Composed: 1859
Era: Late Romantic

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Two cellos; student work whose finale coda was completed by Yevlachov in 1960; not on IMSLP

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