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String Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 76

Franz Paul Lachner · 1803–1890 · German
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, for the violin 1 part
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Full work
Length
About 30 min
Composed
1843
Era
Early Romantic

Notes

Second of the three 1843 quartets (Opp. 75-77); Schott 1844; recorded by the Rodin Quartet on Amati

About this work

Composed
1843 January
  1. Allegro
  2. Adagio
  3. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
  4. Allegro
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