String Quartet No. 3 in D minor, Op. 33 No. 3

Nikolai Myaskovsky · 1881–1950 · Russian

For 2 violins, viola, cello

Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, with the parts evenly matched

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Ensemble: String quartet
Hardest part: Balanced
Form: Full work
Length: About 27 min
Composed: 1910 (rev. 1930)
Era: 20th century

Notes

Two large movements, the second a theme and variations; revised from an early quartet

About this work

Composed: 1910-30
First performed: 1926 March, Stradivarius Quartet

Allegro non troppo, malinconico
Theme et Variations

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