Three Minuets, SC 61

Giacomo Puccini · 1858–1924 · Italian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Also known as Tre minuetti · 3 Minuetti · 3 Minuets in A major

Level 3 · Upper intermediate — about ABRSM 6 · RCM 7, for the violin 1 part

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Violin 1
Form: Set of pieces
Length: About 9 min
Composed: 1881
Era: Late Romantic

Notes

Student work of c. 1881; themes from the minuets later went into Manon Lescaut

About this work

Composed: 1881 ca.

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