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String Quartet No. 6 in E-flat major
Paul Hindemith · 1895–1963 · German
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 25 min
- Composed
- 1943
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Four movements; the third is a set of variations
About this work
- Composed
- 1943 May (approx. May 216)
- Dedicated to
- "Geschrieben für das Budapester Streichquartett"
- First performed
- 7 November 1943 in Washington, D.C.; Budapest String Quartet
- Sehr Ruhig und ausdrucksvoll: ()
- Lebhaft und sehr energisch: ( )
- Variationen: Ruhig: ()
- Breit und energisch: ()
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