String Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 50

Hans Pfitzner · 1869–1949 · German

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, with the parts evenly matched

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Full work
Length: About 22 min
Composed: 1942
Era: Late Romantic

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Written in 1942; the most compact of Pfitzner's numbered quartets; not on IMSLP

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