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String Quartet No. 7 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 16 min
- Composed
- 1945
- Era
- 20th century
Notes
Short four-movement quartet that ends with a canon
About this work
- Composed
- 1944 December1945 December 30
- First performed
- 21 March 1946 in Washington, D.C., USA; Budapest String Quartet
- Fast
- Quiet, scherzando
- Slow. Fast
- Canon, moderately fast, gay
A step after · level 7
String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 203 ("Casa al Dono")
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
2 violins, viola, cello
24 min
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