String Quartet in D minor

Hugo Wolf · 1860–1903 · Austrian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as Entbehren sollst du, sollst entbehren

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 44 min
Composed: 1878–84
Era: Late Romantic

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Four movements, under the motto 'Entbehren sollst du, sollst entbehren'; published only in 1903

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Composed: 1878

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