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String Quartet No. 5, H. 268

Bohuslav Martinů · 1890–1959 · Czech
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, for the violin 1 part
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Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Violin 1
Form
Full work
Length
About 27 min
Composed
1938
Era
20th century

Notes

Four movements; written in Paris in 1938

About this work

Composed
1938
Dedicated to
Vítězslava Kaprálová
First performed
25 May 1958 in Prague by the Novák Quartet
  1. Allegro ma non troppo
  2. Adagio
  3. Allegro vivo
  4. Lento - Allegro
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